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Connections Answers for October 17, 2026 #1224

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SCALA

KING

BOHÈME

SNAP

DING

SNOW

HERMIT

CHIME

FIDDLER

BREA

PAZ

STILL

PING

SHOT

ALERT

YYellow groupEasiest

Yellow group · easiest

Your device's sounds that let you know something new has arrived.
DIGITAL NOTIFICATIONS
ALERTCHIMEDINGPINGand PING are all sounds or messages a phone or computer makes to notify you.

GGreen groupFairly easy

Green group · fairly easy

Four different words that can all describe a captured image, from a quick candid to a framed picture you hang up.
PHOTO
PRINTSHOTSNAPSTILLand STILL are each words for a picture, as in a darkroom print or a candid shot.

BBlue groupTricky

Blue group · tricky

Pinch yourself if you miss it: each of these can crawl in front of a certain crustacean word to form a familiar critter.
KINDS OF CRABS
FIDDLERHERMITKINGSNOWand SNOW each precede "crab" to name a species (fiddler crab, hermit crab, king crab, snow crab).

PPurple groupTrickiest — wordplay

Purple group · trickiest — wordplay

These four each follow a little foreign article to complete a famous place, performance, or locale name.
LA ___
BOHÈMEBREAPAZSCALAand SCALA complete famous phrases: the opera La Bohème, California's La Brea tar pits, Bolivia's La Paz, and Milan's opera house La Scala.

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