Connections Answers

Friday, October 24, 2025

BEST YEARS

These words all mean the highest point of success, power, or popularity for a person, thing, or period. They represent the 'best years'.

Individual words:

•HEYDAY: The time when someone or something was most popular, successful, or powerful. Often refers to a past period of glory.

•PINNACLE: The highest, most successful point of something. It's like reaching the top of a mountain in your career or life.

•PRIME: The best, most active, or most successful time in someone's life or career. You are at your peak ability.

•ZENITH: The highest point, especially in success or power. Imagine the sun directly overhead, at its highest point in the sky.

THINGS YOU CAN DO TO TEXT

These are common ways to change the appearance of text on a computer or phone screen to add emphasis or meaning.

Individual words:

•BOLD: This makes text appear thicker and darker. People use it to show something is very important or to make a title stand out from other words.

•HIGHLIGHT: This puts a bright colored background, often yellow, behind words. It's like using a marker on paper to mark important information.

•STRIKETHROUGH: This draws a horizontal line through the middle of words. It often shows that the text is incorrect, deleted, or no longer applies.

•UNDERLINE: This draws a line directly beneath words. It is used to show importance, create headings, or sometimes indicates a clickable link on the internet.

THINGS KNOWN FOR BEING COLORFUL THINGS

These are all things widely recognized and admired specifically for their vibrant and diverse colors.

Individual words:

•KALEIDOSCOPE: A tube-shaped toy where you look through a small hole. Inside, mirrors and colored bits create beautiful, changing patterns of bright colors.

•PEACOCK: A large, beautiful bird. The male peacock is famous for its very long, brightly colored tail feathers, usually blue, green, and gold.

•RAINBOW: A natural arc of many colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) that appears in the sky when sunlight shines through raindrops.

•SUNSET: The time of day when the sun disappears below the horizon. The sky often becomes filled with beautiful, warm colors like orange, pink, and purple.

ENDING IN ACCESSORIES

These words all end with the name of a common accessory you can wear or use.

Individual words:

•BAYWATCH: A very popular 1990s American TV show about lifeguards. The word ends with 'watch,' which is a small clock worn on your wrist to tell time.

•COOTIE: An imaginary germ or bug that children pretend to catch from someone, often playfully. The word ends with 'tie,' a cloth accessory worn around the neck.

•HERRING: A small, oily fish found in the Atlantic Ocean. It is often eaten smoked. The word ends with 'ring,' a round piece of jewelry worn on a finger.

•KINGPIN: The most important person in a group, especially a criminal one. It also refers to the central bowling pin. The word ends with 'pin,' a small fastener or decorative item.