Connections #1,242 hints and answers for Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Connections #1,242 builds its trap out of golf: WEDGE, IRON and PUTTER are all clubs in a golf bag, and all three are on this board - but not one of them is grouped by golf. One is a shape, one is a laundry warning, and one is a way to drift around. Sort the meanings, not the bag. For each group below: read the hint first, then show the category name when you want it, then the four words, one group at a time.
Group 1 - Yellow
Hint: picture four things that taper from a wide back to a thin, sharp edge: what you jam under a door to hold it open, the shape of a famous New York skyscraper, a cut of pie, and the simple shape they all share.
TRIANGULAR PRISMS WITH A SHARP EDGE
TRIANGULAR PRISMS WITH A SHARP EDGE
Group 2 - Green
Hint: read the tag sewn inside a shirt: four things the care label tells you never to do to a garment - no bleach bath, no hot press, no machine drying, and no twisting out the water by hand.
WORDS AFTER "DO NOT" ON A CARE LABEL
WORDS AFTER "DO NOT" ON A CARE LABEL
Group 3 - Blue
Hint: four lazy verbs for passing time with no destination: lounge about, prod about, dawdle about in the garden or the kitchen, and drift about at walking pace. Each one takes the same word after it.
MOVE IDLY, WITH "AROUND"
MOVE IDLY, WITH "AROUND"
Group 4 - Purple
Hint: put the same hot word in front of each one: it turns a cracker into an explosive, an insect into a glow, a log into fuel, and a display into a sky show.