Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Dec. 15, #553
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Tip: one of the categories New York Times Connect Puzzle Today involves an ingredient I recently used when making cookies for our annual cookie swap. Another takes advantage of puzzle editors’ love of puns, such as removing letters from famous words or names and creating other words out of them. Want more tips and answers? Please read on.
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Today’s Tips for Connecting Groups
Here are four tips for connecting the groups in today’s puzzle, from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group tips: Just like salt.
Green group tips: So as not to do a bad job.
Blue group tips: Read quickly.
Purple group tips: Singer name game.
Answers to Today’s Connect Group
Yellow group: spices.
Green group: Poor performance.
Blue group: Browse as pages.
Purple group: Pop singer minus the “S”.
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What’s the answer to today’s connection?
NYT Connections puzzle completed on December 15, 2024.
yellow words in today’s connection
The theme is spices. The four answers are cloves, nutmeg, nutmeg and pepper.
Green words in today’s connection
The theme is poor performance. The four answers are flail, flop, flounder, and tank.
blue words in today’s connection
Topics are browsed, just like pages. The four answers are flip, leaf, rifle, and thumb.
purple words in today’s connection
The theme is Popstar minus the “S”. The four answers are Key, Mar, Spear and Style.
