The Green Category for Connections July 2, #387 Is Crazy-Tough Today

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It's usually the purple category in Connections that has players pulling their hair out, but for the July 2 puzzle, it was the green category that really stumped me. And still kind of does, if I'm honest. Toxic and frozen what, now? Maybe Wall Streeters will find this one easy, but I sure didn't. If you want hints, and the answer for today's Connections, read on.

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Hints for today's Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today's Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Wrap it up.

Green group hint: Take stock of your investments.

Blue group hint: Et tu, Brute?

Purple group hint: Let's play.

Answers for today's Connections groups

Yellow group: Pack (away) for future use.

Green group: Adjectives for assets.

Blue group: Latin words.

Purple group: ____ game.

What are today's Connections answers?

The yellow words in today's Connections

The theme is pack (away) for future use. The four answers are squirrel, stash, store and stow.

The green words in today's Connections

The theme is adjectives for assets. The four answers are fixed, frozen, liquid and toxic.

The blue words in today's Connections

The theme is Latin words. The four answers are caveat, ergo, quid and vox.

The purple words in today's Connections

The theme is ____ game. The four answers are arcade, blame, numbers and squid.

How to play Connections

Playing is easy. Winning is hard. Look at the 16 words and mentally assign them to related groups of four. Click on the four words you think go together. The groups are coded by color, though you don't know what goes where until you see the answers. The yellow group is the easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is the toughest. Look at the words carefully, and think about related terms. Sometimes the connection has to do with just a part of the word. Once, four words were grouped because each started with the name of a rock band, including "Rushmore" and "Journeyman."