Connections Answers
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
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HARD TO UNDERSTAND
All these words describe something that is difficult or impossible for people to understand.
Individual words:
•BEWILDERING: Makes you feel very confused or puzzled, like when you try to understand something very complicated or unexpected.
•ESOTERIC: Known or understood by only a few people, often because it's very specialized knowledge or a niche topic.
•INCOMPREHENSIBLE: Completely impossible to understand. It's so difficult or unclear that you can't make any sense of it.
•OPAQUE: Literally means 'not see-through,' like frosted glass. Figuratively, it means very difficult to understand, like a confusing explanation.
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WORDS WITH "SMALL" PREFIXES
All these words begin with prefixes that mean 'small' or 'very small' in their respective contexts (micro, mini, nano, pico).
Individual words:
•MICROBREWERY: A small, local place that makes its own beer. It's not a big factory, but often produces special or craft beers, popular in the US.
•MINIVAN: A type of car that is larger than a regular car but smaller than a full-sized van. It often has many seats for families in the US.
•NANOTECHNOLOGY: A science that works with incredibly tiny materials, at the scale of atoms and molecules. It's about building very small things.
•PICOSECOND: An extremely short unit of time. It is one trillionth (1/1,000,000,000,000) of a second, much faster than a blink of an eye.
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HORROR MOVIES
All these words are titles of famous American horror movies that scare audiences.
Individual words:
•ARACHNOPHOBIA: This is the name of a horror movie from 1990. It is about many scary spiders that attack people. "Arachnophobia" also means a strong fear of spiders.
•HALLOWEEN: This is a very famous American horror movie from 1978. It started a long series of films about a killer named Michael Myers who wears a white mask.
•IT: This is a famous horror story by Stephen King, made into movies. It is about a scary clown called Pennywise who terrifies children in a town.
•SAW: This is a series of very popular horror movies known for their scary puzzles and traps. A killer named Jigsaw makes people play deadly games.
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WORDS BEFORE "FORCE"
These words commonly precede the word "force" to create specific phrases or describe different types of power.
Individual words:
•BRUTE: "Brute force" means using extreme physical strength or power directly, often without much thought or skill, to achieve something. It's a direct, strong method.
•ELECTROMAGNETIC: "Electromagnetic force" is a fundamental natural force involving electricity and magnetism. It causes phenomena like magnets sticking together or static electricity, and holds atoms together.
•G: "G-force" is a measure of acceleration on an object or person, expressed in multiples of the acceleration of gravity. You feel it when a plane takes off or a roller coaster drops fast.
•TASK: A "task force" is a special temporary group of people assembled to work together on a specific problem, project, or mission. They have a particular goal to achieve.