New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #552 December 14, 2024

The New York Times Games is back with another really difficult Connections puzzle. If you are looking for a very hard daily word puzzle, this one has all the challenge you could ever want.

If you already know how to play Connections, but you are complete stumped with today’s puzzle, this article is here for you. It has everything you need to win this puzzle today, no matter how many tries you have left.

Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #552 for December 14, 2024

The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Going, Sole, Real, Butter, Fluke, Sold, Diva, Sol, Once, Solo, Tang, Yuan, Pound, Twice, World, and Mullet.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

Here are some hints for this New York Times puzzle game. Look inside each of the expandable sections below, and you will find things like general hints and category clues to help you through the puzzle today.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

1. None of these categories are about the letters that the words start with or the sounds the words start with.

2. None of these groups are about numbers or counting.

3. World and Solo go in the same group.

Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer:
Aquatic friends.

Yellow Connections Category Answer

The category for the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Fish.

Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Fish.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Fluke, Mullet, Sole, Tang.

Green NYT Connections Category Hints

Green Connections Category Answer

The category for the green/medium difficulty
Connections
is
Words in an Auction-Ending Phrase.

Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the green/medium difficulty
Connections
is
Words in an Auction-Ending Phrase.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Going, Once, Sold, Twice.

Blue NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer:
Money, Money, Money.

Blue Connections Category Answer

The category for the blue/difficult
Connections
is
Global Currencies.

Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the blue/difficult
Connections
is
Global Currencies.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Pound, Real, Sol, Yuan.

Purple NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer in this
mind-boggling puzzle game
:
All these words can be followed up with the same three-letter word.

Purple Connections Category Answer

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
Words Before Cup.

Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
Words Before Cup.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Butter, Diva, Solo, World.

Answers for Today’s NYT Connections #552 for December 14, 2024

Searching for the whole answer for this minimalist puzzle game? You can find it in the section below. Inside this expandable section are the groups and what words go where.

• Yellow – Fish
  : Fluke, Mullet, Sole, Tang
• Green – Words in an Auction-Ending Phrase
  : Going, Once, Sold, Twice
• Blue – Global Currencies
  : Pound, Real, Sol, Yuan
• Purple – Words Before Cup
  : Butter, Diva, Solo, World

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