Welcome to the weekend, puzzlers! And what better way to start the weekend with a nice short puzzle? Challenging, but short. There are advantages to not being sucked into a weeks-long epic slog of a game.
And with that, your daily sweet 16 words are back and ready for your best grouping efforts. The popular Connections brainbuster from The New York Times has four groups of words with a shared theme or commonality, but they’re shuffled into random order for you to figure out. Remember to take your time—many words have multiple meanings, so think twice before you click.
Today’s words: QUALITY, BIRTH, HOUSE, PLANT, REMOTE, LODGE, HYBRID, COMPOUND, CROSS, CRUISE, STICK, HOTEL, TOKEN, BLEND, WEDGE, and DEED.