Tue, Nov 10

Connections Hint & Answer #1219

HANDLE

MELAMINE

NICKNAME

SHAPE

ABBREVIATION

ELISION

STATE

CALAMARI

ALKYLAMIDE

SITUATION

CONTRACTION

MANDARIN

STAND

BEAR

WEATHER

CONDITION

YYellow groupEasiest

Yellow group · easiest

Words that can each describe how things are going for someone right now.
STATUS
CONDITIONSHAPESITUATIONSTATEeach name how something currently is, describing its circumstances.

GGreen groupFairly easy

Green group · fairly easy

Think of verbs for putting up with something unpleasant — one is also an animal, one is what you do with a problem, one is enduring rain or storms.
TOLERATE
BEARHANDLESTANDWEATHERare all verbs meaning to put up with something difficult.

BBlue groupTricky

Blue group · tricky

Ways language trims or reshapes a term without saying the whole thing.
WORD SHORTENINGS, OFTEN
ABBREVIATIONCONTRACTIONELISIONNICKNAMEare each ways words get shortened or altered.

PPurple groupTrickiest — wordplay

Purple group · trickiest — wordplay

Look for tiny two‑letter region codes tucked inside each answer.
WORDS MADE USING U.S. POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS
ALKYLAMIDECALAMARIMANDARINMELAMINECALAMARI contains CA, MANDARIN contains MA (in MAN-DAR-IN, spanning MA), MELAMINE contains ME, ALKYLAMIDE contains AL, each hiding a two-letter state code.

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