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The editors at the New York Times Connections puzzle turned supercreative today. The puzzle grid is usually filled with words that players are expected to match, but today it was filled with images. Other puzzles do this, too, and the adventure always becomes how good was the artist, or clip-art program, or AI, that created these little images. Are those supposed to be mice, or rats? Nuts, or random rocks? A mouth, or a face? Is that a triangle, or the Greek letter Delta? And what the heck is that square full of the letter G supposed to represent? (Besides my first initial, that is.) If some of today’s images stumped you, read on for hints, and eventually, answers.
The grid for the New York Times Connections puzzle today was all images.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Letter after S.
Green group hint: Chomp!
Blue group hint: Darn it!
Purple group hint: Think Mississippi.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Things that sound like “T.”
Green group: Objects with teeth.
Blue group: Mild oaths.
Purple group: Parts of a river.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Dec. 12, 2024.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is things that sound like “T.” The four answers are tea, tee (golf), tee (shirt) and Ti (musical note).
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is objects with teeth. The four answers are comb, gear, saw and zipper.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is mild oaths. The four answers are fudge, geez, nuts and rats. (Although the image for the first word does show a sundae, note the arrow pointing to the hot fudge.)
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is parts of a river. The four answers are bank, bed, delta and mouth.
