New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #550…

Connections is back with another difficult puzzle with an interesting twist: none of the words are words this time around. Instead, you have to sort all sixteen images into categories instead. You still are limited to only a handful of mistakes you can make.

If you know the rules of Connections well, you know that none of these puzzles are straightforward, but this on is particularly unique and challenging. In this article, you can find clues, spoilers, and more.

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By Chris Birsner

Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #550 for December 12, 2024

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The Connections puzzle for today contains a bunch of pictures, and you need to figure out what all the pics have in common to see what group they go in.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

All the clues you'll need to solve this browser-based puzzle game can be found below. If you want to see the full answer, you can just scroll down to the bottom of this article.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

Here are some hints for this mobile puzzle game:

1. Try saying all of the names of these things out loud.

2. None of these categories are about covers or things being covered literally or metaphorically.

3. The picture that looks like a bed and the one that looks like a triangle go in the same group.

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer: All these items sound like the same letter when spoken out loud.

The category for the yellow/straightforward Connections is Things That Sound Like T.

The answer to the yellow/straightforward Connections is Things That Sound Like T.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Tee, Tea, Ti, and Tee.

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Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer: All these objects have the same feature on them.

The category for the green/medium difficulty Connections is Objects With Teeth.

The answer to the green/medium difficulty Connections is Objects With Teeth.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Comb, Zipper, Gear, Saw.

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Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer: "Aww shucks, aww man, aww no!"

The category for the blue/difficult Connections is Mild Oaths.

The answer to the blue/difficult Connections is Mild Oaths.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Gs, Nuts, Rats, Fudge.

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Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer in this free-to-play game: Parts of where the water flows.

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Parts of a River.

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Parts of a River.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Mouth, Back, Delta, Bed.

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Answers for Today's NYT Connections #550 for December 12, 2024

Searching for the full spoiler? In the section below, you can see all the categories and the pictures that go in each one for this innovative puzzle game.

Yellow - Things That Sound Like T: Tee, Tea, Ti, and Tee
Green - Objects With Teeth: Comb, Zipper, Gear, Saw
Blue - Mild Oaths: Gs, Nuts, Rats, Fudge
Purple - Parts of a River: Mouth, Back, Delta, Bed