Connections #1,235 hints and answers for Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Connections #1,235 plants four Mars rovers among everyday abstract nouns, and saves its trick for purple: four words you have to hear, not read. Watch the decoys, too - an attachment can be romantic, and a spirit can be a feeling, but neither belongs to the yellow group today. For each group below: read the hint first, then show the category name when you want it, then the four words.
Group 1 - Yellow
Hint: all four are words for being drawn to someone: a pull, a passing infatuation, a share of your attention, and the warm plural word for what you catch for someone.
ROMANTIC LIKING
ROMANTIC LIKING
Group 2 - Green
Hint: think of the parts of a message you fill in or add before you press send: what it is about, the main text, the file clipped to it, and the block that signs your name.
COMPONENTS OF AN EMAIL
COMPONENTS OF AN EMAIL
Group 3 - Blue
Hint: these four abstract nouns are also proper names - the names of the robot explorers NASA sent to the red planet, from the twin rovers of 2004 to the one that landed in 2021.
NASA MARS ROVERS
NASA MARS ROVERS
Group 4 - Purple
Hint: say each word out loud. Each one sounds exactly like a word for a way through: a rough texture sounds like a route of study, a past-tense ride sounds like a road, a defeat sounds like a route, and a word for heaviness sounds like a way.