NYT Connections today my hints and answers for Sunday, December 15 (game #553)

Date:
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 00:02:00 +0000

Description:
Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

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Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Connections today (game #553) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are THUMB KEY LEAF STYLE MACE MAR FLAIL FLIP SPEAR CLOVE TANK PEPPER RIFFLE FLOUNDER NUTMEG FLOP NYT Connections today (game #553) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Seasonings GREEN: Below par BLUE: Browsing PURPLE: Popular vocalists

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles NYT
Connections today (game #553) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: SPICES
GREEN: PERFORM POORLY BLUE: SKIM THROUGH, AS PAGES PURPLE: POP SINGERS MINUS "S"

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The answers to today's Connections, game #553, are YELLOW: SPICES CLOVE,
MACE, NUTMEG, PEPPER GREEN: PERFORM POORLY FLAIL, FLOP, FLOUNDER, TANK BLUE: SKIM THROUGH, AS PAGES FLIP, LEAF, RIFFLE, THUMB PURPLE: POP SINGERS MINUS
"S" KEY, MAR, SPEAR, STYLE My rating: Easy My score: Perfect

As someone who is known to PERFORM BADLY at Connections, its no surprise that I landed on the Green group first today although I did momentarily think the connection was Things you do when drunk.

POP SINGERS MINUS S was a good one, especially as SPEAR could have been a weapon along with RIFLE and MACE.

Im off to listen to Empire State of Mind . Yesterday's NYT Connections
answers (Saturday, 14 December, game #552) YELLOW: FISH FLUKE, MULLET, SOLE, TANG GREEN: WORDS IN AN AUCTION-ENDING PHRASE GOING, ONCE, SOLD, TWICE BLUE: GLOBAL CURRENCIES POUND, REAL, SOL, YUAN PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "CUP" BUTTER, DIVA, SOLO, WORLD What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green
is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as
you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there
are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.



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NYT Connections today my hints and answers for Sunday, December 22 (game #560)

Date:
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:02:00 +0000

Description:
Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

FULL STORY ======================================================================

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Connections today (game #560) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are STATS CROWN ABBOTT ELEMENTARY NUN KEY DOME ABBA LAUREL MONK COCONUT FRY SKULL BONES KAYAK KOJAK NYT Connections today (game #560) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Bodypart
lingo GREEN: Backwards and forwards BLUE: Watching the detectives PURPLE: The other half

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles NYT
Connections today (game #560) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: SLANG FOR HEAD GREEN: PALINDROMES BLUE: POLICE PROCEDURALS PURPLE: FIRST IN A COMEDY
DUO

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #560) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #560, are YELLOW: SLANG FOR HEAD COCONUT, CROWN, DOME, SKULL GREEN: PALINDROMES ABBA, KAYAK, NUN, STATS BLUE: POLICE PROCEDURALS BONES, ELEMENTARY, KOJAK, MONK PURPLE: FIRST IN A COMEDY DUO ABBOTT, FRY, KEY, LAUREL My rating: Moderate My score: 1 mistake

Had todays Connections included the words Noggin, Nut, Helmet, or Bonce then
I might not have struggled to see SLANG FOR HEAD so badly. Instead, it was PALINDROMES that hit me first although that was mainly because I couldnt see how Swedish pop legends ABBA could connect with anything else, unless there was an obscure 1970s Eurovision act called KOJAK, which is entirely possible.

According to Wikipedia the longest palindrome in regular use is the 19-letter Finnish word saippuakivikauppias (soapstone vendor).

Wikipedia also directs us to some palindrome phrases including A man, a plan, a canal, Panama to which Im sure you could add a KAJAK (or a saippuakivikauppias), and the eternal question Do geese see god? Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, 21 December, game #559) YELLOW: LOOP BAND, CIRCLE, HOOP, RING GREEN: COOKING VESSELS CASSEROLE, CROCK, PAN, POT BLUE: KINDS OF BEDS BUNK, CANOPY, MURPHY, SLEIGH PURPLE: THINGS CALLED "OSCAR" BALONEY, GROUCH, O, STATUETTE What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green
is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as
you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there
are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.



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NYT Connections today my hints and answers for Sunday, December 29 (game #567)

Date:
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:02:00 +0000

Description:
Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

FULL STORY ======================================================================

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Connections today (game #567) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are BEACH DATE LOCK CHERRY FUR MAROON TIME PAIR STRAND HEAD LOCATION BRICK DURATION YOU RUBY WISP NYT Connections today (game #567) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Roses are? GREEN: Meeting detail BLUE: Mane attraction PURPLE: Sounds leafy

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles NYT
Connections today (game #567) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: SHADES OF
RED GREEN: APPOINTMENT SPECIFICATIONS BLUE: DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF HAIR PURPLE: TREE HOMOPHONES

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #567) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #567, are YELLOW: SHADES OF RED BRICK, CHERRY, MAROON, RUBY GREEN: APPOINTMENT SPECIFICATIONS DATE, DURATION, LOCATION, TIME BLUE: DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF HAIR HEAD, LOCK, STRAND, WISP PURPLE: TREE HOMOPHONES BEACH, FUR, PAIR, YOU My rating: Hard My score: 2 mistakes

I struggled today and really should have employed a bit more lateral thinking to make it a bit less time-consuming.

I spent far too long thinking BEACH, STRAND, and MAROON were linked to
dumping someone and PAIR and LOCK had something to do with charging a phone before finally seeing the much more obvious SHADES OF RED and DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF HEAD.

Our old friend the homophone also made an appearance with TREE HOMOPHONES. I think Im going to have to have a permanent Post-it note reminding me to speak out words. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, 28 December, game #566) YELLOW: "NOTHING TO IT!" EASY, NO SWEAT, PIECE OF CAKE, SURE THING GREEN: OBJECTS FROM GREEK MYTH AEGIS, APPLE OF DISCORD, GOLDEN FLEECE, PANDORA'S BOX BLUE: PROVERBIAL THINGS TO KICK CAN, HABIT, HORNETS' NEST,
TIRES PURPLE: STARTING WITH POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS HERSHEY, HISTAMINE, ITSY, MINEFIELD What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green
is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as
you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there
are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.



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