Tue, Nov 10

Connections Hint & Answer #1233

CHILLING

WELCOME

PSYCHS

HALLOWEEK

NOT BAD

SPORTING

MANAGING

HOSTED

WRESTLING

YOGA

JAWN

HOUND

PRAYER

HERDING

SAME OLD

TOY

YYellow groupEasiest

Yellow group · easiest

Casual, breezy ways to answer when someone asks how you're doing, each shrugging that things are merely okay.
RESPONSES TO "HOW ARE YOU?"
CHILLINGMANAGINGNOT BADSAME OLDcasual replies to "how are you?": chilling means you're relaxing, managing means you're getting by, not bad means you're okay, and same old means nothing's changed.

GGreen groupFairly easy

Green group · fairly easy

Things you'd roll out or step on for worship, greetings, grappling, or stretching share this flexible floor covering.
KINDS OF MATS
PRAYERWELCOMEWRESTLINGYOGAeach word names a kind of mat: a prayer mat for kneeling in worship, a welcome mat at a door, a wrestling mat for the ring, and a yoga mat for poses.

BBlue groupTricky

Blue group · tricky

These four are among the official kennel club classifications used to sort purebred pups into categories.
AKC DOG BREED GROUPS
HERDINGHOUNDSPORTINGTOYthe four remaining American Kennel Club groups used to classify breeds, alongside working, terrier, and non-sporting.

PPurple groupTrickiest — wordplay

Purple group · trickiest — wordplay

Some spooky film titles have been slightly typo'd at the very end, as if a final character got quietly swapped.
HORROR MOVIES WITH LAST LETTER CHANGED
HALLOWEEKHOSTEDJAWNPSYCHShorror titles with the final letter swapped: HALLOWEEN becomes HALLOWEEK when N changes to K, HOSTEL becomes HOSTED when L changes to D, JAWS becomes JAWN when S changes to N, and PSYCHO becomes PSYCHS when O changes to S.

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