New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #545 December 7, 2024

Connections is a daily puzzle with a big challenge for anyone trying to win: there is a difficult group of words and four categories that are very hard to guess at. And the only clues you have are the words you have to sort themselves.

If you are familiar with how to play Connections, you probably already know how difficult these things can be. In the sections below are all sorts of things to help you, from spoilers to hints and a whole lot more.

Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #545 for December 7, 2024

The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Sun, Fly, Horn, Wings, Associate, Legs, Fellow, Bow, Storm, Chum, Relate, Liberty, Bait, Equate, Lure, and Affiliate.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

Every section below contains a different kind of hint or spoiler for today’s New York TimesConnections. Open them up with the Read More buttons below them to see what’s hiding inside.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

1. None of the groups focus around businesses or companies.

2. None of the groups are about words for “friend” or “buddy.”

3. Fellow and Horn are in the same category.

Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints

Yellow Connections Category Answer

The category for the yellow/straightforward
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is
Think of Together.

Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the yellow/straightforward
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is
Think of Together.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Affiliate, Associate, Equate, Relate.

Green NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer:
Other things that could go in this category: Fish Oil, Fish Lights, Worms.

Green Connections Category Answer

The category for the green/medium difficulty
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is
Ways to Attract Fish.

Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the green/medium difficulty
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is
Ways to Attract Fish.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Bait, Chum, Fly, Lure.

Blue NYT Connections Category Hints

Blue Connections Category Answer

The category for the blue/difficult
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is
WNBA Teams.

Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the blue/difficult
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is
WNBA Teams.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Liberty, Storm, Sun, Wings.

Purple NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer:
All four of these words can follow the same four-letter word to make four common things.

Purple Connections Category Answer

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
Long ___.

Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
Long ___.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Bow, Fellow, Horn, Legs.

Answers for Today’s NYT Connections #545 for December 7, 2024

Seeking the full spoiler for this challenging puzzle game? The complete answer to this puzzle is in the section below, complete with all the categories and where each of the sixteen words need to end up.

• Yellow – Think of Together
  : Affiliate, Associate, Equate, Relate
• Green – Ways to Attract Fish
  : Bait, Chum, Fly, Lure
• Blue – WNBA Teams
  : Liberty, Storm, Sun, Wings
• Purple – Long ___
  : Bow, Fellow, Horn, Legs

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