Tue, Nov 10

Connections Hint & Answer #1242

WORKS

IRON

TUMBLE DRY

FLY

PIE SLICE

POKE

DOORSTOP

PUTTER

WOOD

LOLL

BLEACH

SHUFFLE

WRING

FLATIRON BUILDING

WEDGE

CRACKER

YYellow groupEasiest

Yellow group · easiest

Think of shapes that taper to a single point, whether found in a kitchen, on a city skyline, or under a stubborn entrance.
TRIANGULAR PRISMS WITH A SHARP EDGE
DOORSTOPFLATIRON BUILDINGPIE SLICEWEDGEeach names a wedge-shaped object: a doorstop holds a door open, the Flatiron Building is the famous triangular New York skyscraper, a pie slice is cut with angled sides meeting at a point, and a wedge is the shape itself, all triangular prisms with a single sharp edge.

GGreen groupFairly easy

Green group · fairly easy

These four fit after the same two-word prohibition found on the tags inside your shirt collar, each a laundry warning.
WORDS AFTER "DO NOT" ON A CARE LABEL
BLEACHIRONTUMBLE DRYWRINGeach completes a laundry instruction reading "do not bleach," "do not iron," "do not tumble dry," and "do not wring," the warnings printed on clothing care tags.

BBlue groupTricky

Blue group · tricky

These words all pair with the same little word to describe loafing about without purpose.
MOVE IDLY, WITH "AROUND"
LOLLPOKEPUTTERSHUFFLEeach pairs with "around" to mean idling: loll around is lounging lazily, poke around is drifting about aimlessly, putter around is tinkering without purpose, and shuffle around is moving slowly with no destination.

PPurple groupTrickiest — wordplay

Purple group · trickiest — wordplay

Add one small blazing word to each and four everyday things ignite into something more.
FIRE___
CRACKERFLYWOODWORKSeach forms a word after "fire": firecracker is an explosive, firefly is a glowing beetle, firewood is fuel for burning, and fireworks is the plural compound for a pyrotechnic display.

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