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ForbesNYT “Connections” tips and answers for Sunday, December 15thFrom Kris Holt

Hello! Welcome to the start of a new week. I hope you had a great weekend and are full of energy.

I had some fun plans planned, some of which were upended due to a gastrointestinal illness I’d been battling for a few days. I’m fine (or I will be soon enough). I had some time to rest and take care of some things I wanted to do around my apartment. Self-care, which includes home maintenance, is the best form of care.

Before we begin, I created a discussion group for Connections and this column on Discord. You can chat with me and other people about any game (and other topics). I’m always curious to see how other people approach the game, so join in! It’s fun.

It’s also the best way to give me feedback on the column, especially on the rare (!) occasions when I mess something up.

Today NYT Connections Hints and answers for Monday, December 16th will follow soon.

How to play connections

Connections is a free, popular one New York Times daily pun. You will receive a new puzzle every day at midnight. You can play on that NYT Website or gaming app.

You will be presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to divide them into four groups of four by figuring out the connections between them. The groups can be, for example, elements that you can click on, names of research participants, or words preceded by a body part.

Each puzzle has only one solution, and you have to be careful when it comes to words that could fit into more than one category. You can mix up the words to perhaps better see the connections between them.

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to understand, blue and green are in the middle, and the purple group is usually the most difficult. The purple group often contains puns.

Select four words that you think go together and click Send. If you guess and are wrong, you lose a life. When you’re close to finding the right group, you may see a message saying you’re one word away from the right group, but you still need to figure out which word to swap.

If you make four mistakes, the game is over. Let’s make sure that this doesn’t happen with the help of some tips, and if you really find it difficult, even with today’s ones Connections Answer. Like with Wordle and other similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats.

If you have one NYT You can access the publications with the All Access or Games subscription Connections Archive. This includes every previous game from Connectionsso you can go back and play any songs you missed.

Aside from the first 60 or so games, you should be able to find my clues for each grid via Google if you need to! Simply click here and enter the date of the game for which you need hints or answers to the search query.

What are today’s connection notes?

Scroll slowly! Right after the clues for each of today’s Connections Groups, I will reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you what words appear in them.

Today’s 16 words are…

• LIGHT BULB
• SNOWBALL
• HAM
• CHICKEN
• PILLOW
• YODEL
• BEAR
• EAT
• KNOCK-KNOCK
• WALKIE TALKIE
• DING DONG
• WATER BALLOON
• SATELLITE
• Devil dog
• AM
• HOHO

And the clues for today Connections Groups are:

• Green group – perhaps weapons of war
• Blue group – sweet treats in a supermarket
• Purple Group – Pieces of setups that can put a smile on your face

What are today’s sorority groups?

Do you need additional help?

Be warned: We’re starting to get into this Spoiler territory.

Today Connections Groups are…

• Yellow group – radio types
• Green group – types of game battles
• Blue group – snack cake
• Purple group – classic joke items

What are today’s connection solutions?

Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today Connections Answer.

This is your final warning!

Today Connections Answers are…

• Yellow group – radio types (AM, HAM, SATELLITE, WALKIE-TALKIE)
• Green group – types of game battles (FOOD, PILLOW, SNOWBALL, WATER BALLOON)
• Blue Group – Snack Cake (DEVIL DOG, DING DONG, HOHO, YODEL)
• Purple group – classic joke items (BAR, CHICKEN, KNOCK-KNOCK, LIGHT BULB)

My streak survives the third day, but just barely! This is what happened to me:

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At first glance, what a strange collection of items! I got into trouble very quickly as I made three mistakes before I got the blues. Uh-oh.

I thought that KNOCK-KNOCK, DING-DONG, YODEL and HOHO might be ways of contacting or greeting someone, although I was also aware that DING DONG and HOHO are types of snacks (albeit American ones that foreign players might not). know). .

This guess turned me away from a group and after a few failed guesses with my first train of thought, I finally found the Blues. I was a little lucky because I’ve heard of a DEVIL DOG ​​but never a YODEL snack.

This meant that KNOCK-KNOCK was probably part of a group of common things in joke setups, with CHICKEN (“Why did the chicken cross the street?”) and BAR (“A person, a robot and an alien enter a bar…” ” ) But I didn’t immediately know which word would fit them, and I was on my last guess, so I didn’t want to be left in the dark.

Luckily I was able to put these aside when I spotted the SNOWBALL and WATER BALLOON next to each other. That cleared up the greens. I only had the yellows and purples left, usually a good position but not with a life left.

Fortunately, the yellows were made to stand out with eight terms remaining in a smaller grid. So I chose the purples, then the yellows. I love Regina Spektor’s music so much. For the yellow clue I had to choose this song.

By the way, LIGHT BULB is also part of a frequent joke setup. How many Scots does it take to change a light bulb?

(Any guesses?)

The answer is no, they are happy to sit in the dark and save some money. (It’s okay, I’m Scottish, I can make this joke.)

That’s all for today Connections Hints and answers. Be sure to check out my blog for tips and the walkthrough for Tuesday’s game if you need them.

PS: I was originally going to choose a game, but I’ll save that for another day because the purple tones inspired me to go a different route.

Norm Macdonald is one of the funniest people to ever walk this earth. That’s the way he tells them, which is why he could intentionally bomb a roast and still have it be hilarious. Those absurdly convoluted jokes he told on Conan O’Brien’s show still make me angry:

PPS O’Brien’s parents died just days after each other last week. Condolences to her family.

I wish you a wonderful day! Call someone you love!

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