Connections Hints
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — December 31, 2024
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Show the word gridAll 16 words — you figure out the groups
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One word per groupTheme name + one word per category
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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
ATTENTION
BALL
BLAST
BOLT
BRAND
DART
DASH
DEAR
DROP
FLY
FOR
GAME
KICK
NAMES
THRILL
TO
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
MOVE QUICKLYStraightforward
FUN TIMEModerate
WORDS BEFORE AN ADDRESSEETricky
NAME ___Devious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
MOVE QUICKLYStraightforward
ALL MEAN TO MOVE AT HIGH SPEED+ 3 more…
FUN TIMEModerate
SLANG WORDS FOR HAVING A GREAT TIME+ 3 more…
WORDS BEFORE AN ADDRESSEETricky
HOW YOU MIGHT BEGIN ADDRESSING A LETTER OR MEMO+ 3 more…
NAME ___Devious
EACH COMPLETES A PHRASE WITH NAME+ 3 more…
Full solution
MOVE QUICKLYStraightforward
BOLT,DART,DASH,FLY
BOLT, DART, DASH, and FLY are all verbs meaning to move quickly or with great speed
FUN TIMEModerate
BALL,BLAST,KICK,THRILL
BALL, BLAST, KICK, and THRILL are all informal nouns meaning an enjoyable, exciting experience
WORDS BEFORE AN ADDRESSEETricky
ATTENTION,DEAR,FOR,TO
ATTENTION, DEAR, FOR, and TO are all words used at the start of correspondence to indicate the recipient
NAME ___Devious
BRAND,DROP,GAME,NAMES
NAME BRAND, NAME DROP, NAME GAME, and NAME NAMES are all compound phrases or expressions using NAME as the first word