NYT Connections Purple Group Hint

The purple group is the hardest one, so don’t kick yourself if this visual hint does not immediately take you to the promised land.
Here’s your verbal clue: Start with “duo” and work your way up. Keep going…
Crying uncle? We barreled through the first three groups today, so it only makes sense that purple would be our speed bump. Not a huge one, but a speed bump…
Today’s purple group answer is Member of a Septet and its words are DWARF, SEA, SIN, and WONDER
That concludes another weekend of Connections — see you next Saturday!