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NYT Connections today  my hints and answers for Thursday, December 19 (game 
#557)

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Thu, 19 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 
#556) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) 

Today's NYT Connections words are TAP TUG KEG BARREL TABLE SUB BARGE HAMMER 
COUNTER LADDER GORILLA SHELVE JUNK DELAY STOOL POSTPONE NYT Connections today 
(game #557) - hint #1 - group hints 

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Raincheck 
GREEN: Saloon staples BLUE: Vessels PURPLE: Nintendo classic 

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 #557) - hint #2 - group answers 

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: DEFER GREEN: 
BAR FIXTURES BLUE: WATERCRAFT PURPLE: SEEN IN "DONKEY KONG" 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #557) - the answers (Image credit: 
New York Times) 

The answers to today's Connections, game #557, are YELLOW: DEFER DELAY, 
POSTPONE, SHELVE, TABLE GREEN: BAR FIXTURES COUNTER, KEG, STOOL, TAP BLUE: 
WATERCRAFT BARGE, JUNK, SUB, TUG PURPLE: SEEN IN "DONKEY KONG" BARREL, 
GORILLA, HAMMER, LADDER My rating: Moderate My score: 2 mistakes 

In the mental Venn diagrams I was drawing today, two or three words could 
have gone in several categories  TABLE (Yellow and Green), JUNK (Yellow and 
Blue), BARREL (Green and Purple) and I fell for them all 

First I put JUNK instead of TABLE into what would become the Yellow group, 
then, thinking I was onto a sure thing, put BARREL in the Blue group  Barrel 
Boats are a thing right? Er maybe not. 

Having never played Donkey Kong (Im more of a board game person) I was 
thankful that this group was the leftovers and done for me. Yesterday's NYT 
Connections answers (Wednesday, 18 December, game #556) YELLOW: DEAL WITH 
FIELD, HANDLE, MANAGE, TACKLE GREEN: STYLES OF BEER BITTER, BOCK, SOUR, STOUT 
BLUE: INVESTMENT VERBS HEDGE, HOLD, SHORT, TRADE PURPLE: _DOME CAPITOL, 
CHROME, ONION, TEAPOT 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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