Connections Answers

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

UNNATURAL, AS MANNERISMS

These words describe actions, speech, or behavior that feel uncomfortable, not natural, or forced. They suggest a lack of ease or smoothness in a person's mannerisms.

Individual words:

•AWKWARD: Feeling or looking clumsy, uncomfortable, or not smooth in movements or conversation. It often makes people feel embarrassed or out of place.

•STIFF: Not relaxed or natural in movement or behavior. Someone might seem rigid, formal, or uncomfortable, like they can't move freely.

•STILTED: When speech or writing sounds too formal, unnatural, or forced. It doesn't flow easily and can feel insincere or overly practiced.

•WOODEN: Lacking natural emotion, expression, or movement. Someone acts or speaks like a block of wood, without feeling, life, or flexibility.

WORDS IN A FAMOUS TONGUE TWISTER

These words are all found in the famous American tongue twister: 'How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?'

Individual words:

•CHUCK: To throw something. In the tongue twister, it means to 'throw' or move pieces of wood.

•COULD: Used to talk about a past ability or a possibility. Here, it means 'if it were able to' or 'if it had the power to'.

•WOOD: The hard material from trees, used for building or fuel. The tongue twister asks about the amount of this material.

•WOODCHUCK: A small, furry, burrowing animal from North America, also known as a groundhog. It's famous in this tongue twister.

CARTOON BIRDS

These are all famous bird characters from American cartoons or comic strips.

Individual words:

•FOGHORN: Foghorn Leghorn is a large, loud rooster from old American "Looney Tunes" cartoons. He's famous for talking a lot and having a Southern accent.

•SCROOGE: Scrooge McDuck is a very rich duck character from Disney cartoons and comics. He loves money and is known for swimming in his money bin.

•WOODSTOCK: Woodstock is a tiny, yellow bird and the best friend of Snoopy the dog in the American comic strip "Peanuts." He speaks in bird sounds.

•WOODY: Woody Woodpecker is a funny, wild cartoon woodpecker character. He is famous for his red head, crazy laugh, and pecking wood.

ENDING WITH NUMBER HOMOPHONES

These words sound like they end with the name of a number. For example, 'classics' sounds like 'classic-six', 'create' sounds like 'cre-eight', 'Guthrie' sounds like 'Guth-three', and 'therefore' sounds like 'there-four'.

Individual words:

•CLASSICS: These are famous, old books, movies, or music that many people love and remember for a long time. They are considered very important and excellent.

•CREATE: To make something new, like a piece of art, a story, or a new idea. It means to bring something into existence for the first time.

•GUTHRIE: This is a last name, famous for Woody Guthrie, an important American folk singer. His name sounds like it ends with the number 'three'.

•THEREFORE: This word means 'for that reason' or 'as a result.' You use it to show a conclusion or what happens next because of something else.