New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #551 December 13, 2024

Connections is here again to challenge you to sort some words. But the only clue you will get to put all the words into the right categories will be the words themselves. And you don’t have very many mistakes you can make.

If you already know how to play Connections, and you are stuck on this puzzle, this article is here for you. You can find all sorts of helpful tips, spoilers, and a whole lot more in the paragraphs below.

Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #551 for December 13, 2024

The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Trash, Phish, Crush, Troll, Bore, Spam, Links, Squirt, Sprite, Towed, Giant, Drafts, Pixie, Sent, Starry, and Dragon.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

Tons of hints are in all the sections below for this mobile puzzle game, and you can open them up and peek inside, or leave them covered if they would spoil too much for you. Open them using the Read More button below each section.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

Here are some hints for this
free internet browser-based game
:

1. None of these groups are about little, flying creatures of myth.

2. Phish and Bore go in the same group.

3. Crush and Sprite go in the same category.

Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer:
In Grimm’s Fairy Tales, perhaps.

Yellow Connections Category Answer

The category for the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Fantasy Creatures.

Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Fantasy Creatures.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Dragon, Giant, Pixie, Troll.

Green NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer:
Places to store your messages.

Green Connections Category Answer

The category for the green/medium difficulty
Connections
is
Email Folders.

Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the green/medium difficulty
Connections
is
Email Folders.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Drafts, Sent, Spam, Trash.

Blue NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer:
Lemony lime and bubbly!

Blue Connections Category Answer

The category for the blue/difficult
Connections
is
Citrus Sodas.

Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the blue/difficult
Connections
is
Citrus Sodas.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Crush, Sprite, Squirt, Starry.

Purple NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer in this
free-to-play PC game
:
All of these words sound like a different set of words that would go in the same category.

Purple Connections Category Answer

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
Animal Homophones.

Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
Animal Homophones.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Bore, Links, Phish, Towed.

Answers for Today’s NYT Connections #551 for December 13, 2024

Searching for the full spoiler of this innovative puzzle game? You can find it in the section below; open it up to see all the categories and what goes inside each one.

• Yellow – Fantasy Creatures
  : Dragon, Giant, Pixie, Troll
• Green – Email Folders
  : Drafts, Sent, Spam, Trash
• Blue – Citrus Sodas
  : Crush, Sprite, Squirt, Starry
• Purple – Animal Homophones
  : Bore, Links, Phish, Towed

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