Why Do NEAR DARK and HOVER Go in Different Connections Groups?

Vampire movies

BLADE

NEAR DARK

SINNERS

TWILIGHT

Boards you ride on

HOVERBOARD

SKATEBOARD

SNOWBOARD

SURFBOARD

What is Near Dark?

Near Dark is a 1987 vampire film directed by Kathryn Bigelow.

Its story follows a young man who becomes involved with a group of nomadic vampires after being bitten.

That vampire subject is why NEAR DARK belongs with BLADE, SINNERS and TWILIGHT.

Why do these four movies belong together?

The category is VAMPIRE MOVIES.

Each board entry is a movie title with vampires at the center of its story or franchise.

The relationship is more specific than simply “movies” or “horror movies.”

Why does HOVER look like it belongs?

Hover is also the title of a real movie.

The 2018 film is a dystopian science-fiction story involving agricultural drones and a near-future food crisis.

So noticing HOVER as a movie title is not a bad observation.

It still does not fit the official movie group because Hover is not a vampire movie.

Where does HOVER actually belong?

HOVER belongs with SKATE, SNOW and SURF.

Add BOARD to each word:

HOVERBOARD

SKATEBOARD

SNOWBOARD

SURFBOARD

That creates the complete official group.

Why “all are movie titles” is not enough

Connections requires four entries to share one precise relationship.

NEAR DARK, BLADE, SINNERS and TWILIGHT share the stronger relationship VAMPIRE MOVIES.

HOVER has a movie-title reading, but its cleaner puzzle relationship is HOVERBOARD with the other three board types.

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