Hints and Answers for New York Times Connections #548 (December 10, 2024)

Connections is a short, daily word puzzle game from the New York Times Games. In order to win, you need to sort a bunch of words into several groups, and you have limited attempts when it comes to doing so.

Not only do you need to know how to play Connections to win, but you also need a good understanding of each of the words and the categories, too. If you are struggling with this puzzle, you should check out the guide below for all the help you will need to get a win.

Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #548 for December 10, 2024

The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Fish, Call, Wanda, Ran, Inland, Cruise, Fumble, Taxi, Touchdown, Dub, Olivia, Root, Name, Rummage, Takeoff, and Label.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

If you want a hint or two for today’s puzzle, check out the sections below. Each one contains some kind of spoiler or clue to get you closer to the answer of this free browser puzzle game.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

1. Wanda and Olivia are in the same group, but it’s not a group about women’s names.

2. None of these categories are about football or other sports.

3. Fumble and Root are in the same group.

Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer:
To designate, to christen, to tag.

Yellow Connections Category Answer

The category for the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Give a Title To.

Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Give a Title To.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Call, Dub, Label, Name.

Green NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer:
“This is your captain speaking. We are now ____.”

Green Connections Category Answer

The category for the green/medium difficulty
Connections
is
Parts of a Flight.

Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the green/medium difficulty
Connections
is
Parts of a Flight.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Cruise, Takeoff, Taxi, Touchdown.

Blue NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer:
To ransack, to search.

Blue Connections Category Answer

The category for the blue/difficult
Connections
is
Feel Around For.

Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the blue/difficult
Connections
is
Feel Around For.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Fish, Fumble, Root, Rummage.

Purple NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer in
this PC puzzle game:
Other things you could put into this category: Had, Reece, Pain, Man.

Purple Connections Category Answer

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
Countries Minus the First Letter.

Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
Countries Minus the First Letter.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Inland, Olivia, Ran, Wanda.

Answers for Today’s NYT Connections #548 for December 10, 2024

If you are looking for the full answer to today’s Connections puzzle, you can find it in the section below. Open up this section to see all the categories and the words that go in each of them in this minimalist puzzle game.

• Yellow – Give a Title To:
  Call, Dub, Label, Name
• Green – Parts of a Flight:
  Cruise, Takeoff, Taxi, Touchdown
• Blue – Feel Around For:
  Fish, Fumble, Root, Rummage
• Purple – Countries Minus the First Letter:
  Inland, Olivia, Ran, Wanda

Want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Connections website, available on almost any device with a browser.