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Want to solve it yourself? Start with the spoiler-free category hints below. The complete groups and explanations follow.
Hints for Connections #887
Try these categories in order, from the first group to the last:
- Ways to evaluate something.
- Options involved when tuning radio audio.
- Action movie subgenres.
- Well-known action films from the 1990s.
Answers for Nov. 14
The board has 16 words arranged into four groups of four. Open the answers only when you are ready for spoilers.
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Yellow: Evaluate
Grade, Judge, Rate, Review are verbs for assessing or appraising something.
Green: Radio tuning options
Band, Channel, Frequency, Station can each describe a selectable radio setting or parameter. Channel and Station may initially suggest television, but Band and Frequency point to radio.
Blue: Action film subgenres
Buddy, Disaster, Martial Arts, Superhero are categories of action films.
Purple: Classic ’90s action films
Armageddon, Hard Boiled, Heat, Speed are film titles from the 1990s. The guide dates Armageddon to 1998, Hard Boiled to 1992, Heat to 1995, and Speed to 1994.
Tricky overlaps to watch
- Speed and Heat may look like a pair, but their connection here is that both are ’90s action-film titles, not a shared definition.
- Rate and Frequency can both bring numbers to mind. Only Frequency belongs in the radio group; Rate is part of Evaluate.
- Channel and Station can suggest television, but read them in a radio context alongside Band and Frequency.
Sources: All Things How’s puzzle-specific hints, answers, and explanations; TechRadar’s adjacent-day archive, which confirms #887 was Friday, November 14, 2025.
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