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ForbesNYT “Connections” tips and answers for Saturday, December 21stFrom Kris Holt

Hello everyone! I hope you have a great weekend.

I’ve been on my end-of-year half-vacation for a few days now. It’s not a full vacation because as much as I enjoy writing this column every day, it’s technically work. Still, I was able to get a little more rest than usual. I managed to significantly reduce my sleep debt with a 15-hour sleep the other night. I really needed that.

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 interested in finding out 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 Sunday, December 22nd 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 items 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…

• statistics
• CROWN
• ABBOTT
• ELEMENTARY
• NUN
• KEY
• DOME
• ABBA
• LAUREL
• MONK
• COCONUT
• FRY
• SKULL
• BONE
• KAYAK
• KOJAK

And the clues for today Connections Groups are:

• Green group – the same in both directions
• Blue Group – detective dramas
• Purple group – one half of a humorous whole

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 – Slang for head
• Green group – palindromes
• Blue Group – Police Procedurals
• Purple Group – first in a comedy duo

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 – Slang for head (COCONUT, CROWN, DOME, SKULL)
• Green Group – Palindromes (ABBA, KAYAK, NUN, STATS)
• Blue Group – Police Procedurals (BONES, ELEMENTARY, KOJAK, MONK)
• Purple Group – first in a comedy duo (ABBOTT, FRY, KEY, LAUREL)

My short two-game streak ended abruptly. This is what happened to me:

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I enjoyed it Abbott Elementary School Reference on the top line. What a good show this is.

I got the greens pretty quickly, but ended up one out of the group with a guess of CROWN, MONK, BONES and KOJAK. I realized my mistake a moment too late. ELEMENTARY is also a detective series, but CROWN is not The crown, anyway), so I made this trade to get the blues.

I then tried to guess LAUREL, CROWN, SKULL and DOME, things that are on top. I was one away. My next guess was a bad one. I assumed they were religious emblems (?), but that basically made no sense since I included both LAUREL and DOME (both in a one-off guess) alongside KEY and ABBOTT. I swapped LAUREL for SKULL but to no avail.

I was pretty annoyed that I didn’t get this one! I had an inkling early on that it might have something to do with the comedic double acts of ABBOTT and LAUREL. The head thing didn’t really click with me like it should have.

The comedy duos mentioned are ABBOTT and Costello, FRY and Laurie, KEY and Peele and LAUREL and Hardy.

That’s all for today Connections Hints and answers. Be sure to check out my blog tomorrow for hints and the walkthrough for Monday’s game if you need it.

PS: I’m planning on attending a number of shows in early 2025. The first of these will be a performance by Sum 41. The band is calling it a day so this will be the only time I ever see them live.

I look forward to it! I really liked them back then and “In Too Deep” is one of them The Early 2000s pop punk songs. This guitar solo – and how it is spotlighted in the video – will forever remain iconic in my memory:

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

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