NYT Connections today my hints and answers for Sunday, December 22 (game #560)
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Sun, 22 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 #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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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-22-decemb er-2024
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