NYT Connections today hints and answers for Monday, December 9 (game #547)

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Mon, 09 Dec 2024 00:02:00 +0000

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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 #547) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are RAY FACTOR LIGHTER STAIN MICROSCOPE GAMES CONSIDERATION MAGNIFYING GLASS REFLECTION MATCHES SLIDE THOUGHT FLINT FILES SCRUTINY SPECIMEN NYT Connections today (game #547) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Ponder this GREEN: Its going to burn BLUE: In the lab PURPLE: The truth is out there

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 #547) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW:DELIBERATION GREEN: USED IN STARTING A FIRE BLUE: USED TO VIEW A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE PURPLE: WORDS AFTER "X"

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #547) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #547, are YELLOW:DELIBERATION CONSIDERATION, REFLECTION, SCRUTINY, THOUGHT GREEN: USED IN STARTING A FIRE FLINT, LIGHTER, MAGNIFYING GLASS, MATCHES BLUE: USED TO VIEW A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE MICROSCOPE, SLIDE, SPECIMEN, STAIN PURPLE: WORDS AFTER "X" FACTOR, FILES, GAMES, RAY My rating: Easy My score: Perfect

Its getting near that Christmas family quiz time again, so heres a quick
1980s pop trivia question for you inspired by todays Connections: How many people can you name who are mentioned in Billy Joels hit We Didnt Start The Fire ?

Ill leave that with you.

Before you look it up: Bonus self-satisfaction points if you get any in the correct order.

USED TO START A FIRE was the first thing to leap out from the grid, although
I did initially think MAGNIFYING GLASS and MICROSCOPE belonged together.

Of the WORDS AFTER X it was FILES that I saw first, ahead of the more obvious RAY. Possibly, because I'm still holding a candle (or should that be lighter) for Scully. Surely, the easiest Purple group seen for a couple of weeks. DELIBERATION didnt take much THOUGHT either well not as much as trying to remember what Billy rhymed with Charles de Gaulle. Yesterday's NYT
Connections answers (Sunday, 8 December, game #546) YELLOW:PUNCH BELT, BLOW, SLUG, SOCK GREEN:CRAM SANDWICH, SHOEHORN, SQUEEZE, WEDGE BLUE:COMPANIES NAMED AFTER ANIMALS CATERPILLAR, DOVE, GREYHOUND, PUMA PURPLE:HOMOPHONES OF MUSIC GENRES INDY, METTLE, SEOUL, WRAP 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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