Only Connect Thread

[Made In Wales]

Not a big fan of the BBC, not Victoria Coren-Mitchell, but this game is actually pretty good - what is the link between four seemingly random words/phrases/sentences?

I've posted sixteen seemingly random words below but what connects them and can you group them?

Watch out for the red herrings though, as some of the clues may appear to be part of a different group - think of context, think laterally and decide what fits where - good luck!

MERCURY

JUPITER

PARSON

MAY

DEACON

MOUSETRAP

REPTILE

SATURN

TAYLOR

VENUS

CHAPLIN

ENTAIL

RECTOR

NEPTUNE

VICAR

RETAKE

Group 1: ?
Group 2: ?
Group 3: ?
Group 4: ?

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Clergy man: PARSON, DEACON, RECTOR, VICAR
Stars: MERCURY, JUPITER, SATURN, VENUS, NEPTUNE
Famous people: MAY, TAYLOR, CHAPLIN
Random words: MOUSETRAP REPTILE ENTAIL RETAKE

 

[Made In Wales]

Clergy man: PARSON, DEACON, RECTOR, VICAR
Stars: MERCURY, JUPITER, SATURN, VENUS, NEPTUNE
Famous people: MAY, TAYLOR, CHAPLIN
Random words: MOUSETRAP REPTILE ENTAIL RETAKE

Close! Very good guesses!

Here are the correct answers:

MERCURY, MAY, DEACON, TAYLOR - Members of Queen (the classic line-up anyway)
JUPITER, SATURN, VENUS, NEPTUNE - Planets in the Solar System
CHAPLIN, VICAR, PARSON, RECTOR - These are the men of the Clergy
MOUSETRAP, ENTAIL, RETAKE, REPTILE - These words also contain within them four letter words beginning with 'T' - Trap, Tail, Take and Tile.

Red Herrings - DEACON can also be a member of the Clergy, but for this game he's the original Bass player in Queen.

SATURN and NEPTUNE also contain four letter words beginning with T, Turn and Tune, but for this game they are what most people think they are.

If anybody else would like to post a game, please feel free.

 

[ChefKiss]

https://connectionsgame.org/

there's a version of this online for people to try too

 

[Replacement Account]

I saw this had a thread for some reason and thought it was there because statistically speaking 100% of the people on Only Connect have to have been autistic, but this works too.