FOUR CONNECTIONS, ONE HUB
Hank Green 4×3 Answers
Nine words. Four groups. Find the word that belongs everywhere.
THE CONNECTING WORD
One hub. Four meanings.
Reveal the shared hub word
PEN
PEN belongs to every group below. Pair it with two different words each time.
Blue groupReveal
Slang for Prison
These three words connect through “Slang for Prison”. PEN is the shared word used again in the other categories.
Green groupReveal
To Write
These three words connect through “To Write”. PEN is the shared word used again in the other categories.
Yellow groupReveal
Animal Enclosures
These three words connect through “Animal Enclosures”. PEN is the shared word used again in the other categories.
Purple groupReveal
Female Birds
These three words connect through “Female Birds”. PEN is the shared word used again in the other categories.
How to read these answers
Choose three words that share a category. Each of the four groups contains the same hub word and two other words. That makes nine distinct words, even though there are twelve places across the four answers.
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