This time, the word we’re dealing with is BLUEST, alongside POPE and SKAT, and they appear in Connections #717 from May 28, 2025. BLUEST simply means most blue, but there you won’t find any other color-related words on the grid to build a full theme around that idea. After a closer look, it becomes clear that these words are doing something sneakier. That kind of extra-letter misdirection is classic Connections, and there’s one more culprit on the board that completes the set. ROCKY is the Missing Word and the Red HerringIn this puzzle, ROCKY is the final word that completes the purple theme, MUSIC GENRES PLUS A LETTER, alongside BLUEST, POPE, and SKAT.