Today’s Connections puzzle (#849) sticks to clean categories with one trickier twist in purple. If you want to solve it yourself, start with the lighter hints below. Spoilers follow further down.

Today’s 16 words

  • ALTAR, BOUQUET, CAKE, RING
  • BUZZ, DIRT, DISH, TALK
  • BUNCH, CREW, GROUP, PACK
  • BRENT, CHAIR, FANNIE, SCATS

Group hints (no spoilers)

  • Yellow: Tittle-tattle
  • Green: Feature in a ceremony
  • Blue: Squad
  • Purple: Broadway hits with something extra

Themes revealed

Color Theme
Yellow GOSSIP
Green SEEN AT A WEDDING
Blue TEAM
Purple MUSICALS PLUS STARTING LETTER

Today’s answers (full spoilers)

Color Words
Yellow — GOSSIP BUZZ, DIRT, DISH, TALK
Green — SEEN AT A WEDDING ALTAR, BOUQUET, CAKE, RING
Blue — TEAM BUNCH, CREW, GROUP, PACK
Purple — MUSICALS PLUS STARTING LETTER BRENT, CHAIR, FANNIE, SCATS

Why the purple set works

Each purple entry is a well-known musical title with an added starting letter:

  • CHAIR = Hair + C
  • FANNIE = Annie + F
  • SCATS = Cats + S
  • BRENT = Rent + B

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