New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #555…

Connections is back with another sixteen words to sort into categories. If you play this game every day and know the rules of how to play Connections well, you know how hard this game can be.

If you are stuck on today's puzzle, this article is for you. Inside these paragraphs, you can find things like general clues, category help, individual spoilers, and even the whole answer for today if you want to see it.

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Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #555 for December 17, 2024

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The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Tissue, Carpet, Wax, Pluck, Drag, Nerve, Clay, Graph, Grass, Artery, Hard, Heart, Drive, Grit, Construction, and Avenue.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

If you need some help with this browser-based puzzle game, you can find some helpful hints below. Open them up with the Read More button below each one to see the hint you want.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

Here are some hints:

1. None of these categories are about things that make up your organs.

2. None of these categories are about things you can write on that aren't paper, but one of the categories is related to paper.

3. Clay and Grass go in the same category.

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer in this puzzle game: Audacity, fearlessness.

The category for the yellow/straightforward Connections is Intrepidity.

The answer to the yellow/straightforward Connections is Intrepidity.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Grit, Heart, Nerve, Pluck.

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer: Pavement, a way from one place to another.

The category for the green/medium difficulty Connections is Road.

The answer to the green/medium difficulty Connections is Road.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Artery, Avenue, Drag, Drive.

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer: Other things you could put in this category: Craft, Lined, Origami, Handmade, Stationary.

The category for the blue/difficult Connections is Kinds of Paper.

The answer to the blue/difficult Connections is Kinds of Paper.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Construction, Graph, Tissue, Wax.

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer for this mobile puzzle game: Different court materials.

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Kinds of Tennis Courts.

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Kinds of Tennis Courts.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Carpet, Clay, Grass, Hard.

Answers for Today's NYT Connections #555 for December 17, 2024

Searching for the answer to the New York Times Games Strands? You can find the full spoiler in the section below. Inside are all the categories and the words that go inside of each one.

Yellow - Intrepidity: Grit, Heart, Nerve, Pluck
Green - Road: Artery, Avenue, Drag, Drive
Blue - Kinds of Paper: Construction, Graph, Tissue, Wax
Purple - Kinds of Tennis Courts: Carpet, Clay, Grass, Hard