Issue #1102 Tue 24 Mar
Connections hints — March 24, 2026
Two groups of synonyms collide with two distinct functional sets. Watch the violet column, as four double-duty words hide in plain sight.
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Yellow group
Something you'd say about a person who cut in line at the coffee shop.
Adjectives
Synonyms
Members are 3–4 letters; first letters B, L, M, V.
DESPICABLE
One is BASE.
BASE · LOW · MEAN · VILE
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Green group
Where the lawnmower lives, where the mail piles up, where the kids hide.
Ceremonial elements
Examples of one named set
Members are 3–4 letters; first letters C, K, R, V.
FEATURES OF A WEDDING
One is CAKE.
CAKE · KISS · RING · VOW
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Blue group
Look at a rooster. Look closely.
Commercial vehicles
Examples of one named set
Members are 3–4 letters; first letters D, F, T.
KINDS OF TRUCKS
One is DUMP.
DUMP · FIRE · FOOD · TOW
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Violet group
You take the same route home and a single door is open that's never open.
Linguistic oddities
Multiple meanings of one word
Members are 3–4 letters; first letters B, R, S, W.
HETERONYMS
One is BOW.
BOW · ROW · SOW · WIND