NEW Connections Today — My Tips and Answers for Saturday, December 14th (Game #552)

On December 15, 2024By Littum

Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need clues.

What are you going to do when you’re done? Why, play some more puns of course. I also have daily Strands Hints and Answers and Quordle Hints and Answers articles if you need help with those too, while Marc’s Wordle Today page covers the original viral pun.

SPOILER ALERT: Today’s NYT Connections information is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.

NEW Connections today (game #552) – word of the day

NEW Connections tip for game 552 on a purple background

(Image credit: New York Times)

Today’s NEW Connections word is…

GOING
SOLE
GENUINE
BUTTER
FLUKE
SOLD
DIVA
SUN
ONCE
SOLO
TONGUE
YUAN
POUND
TWICE
WORLD
MULLE

NEW Connections today (game #552) – tip #1 – group tip

What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: Things with fins
GREEN: Bids are in
BLUE: User power
PURPLE: No mug

Need more clues?

We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…

NEW Connections today (game #552) – tip #2 – group answer

What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: FISH
GREEN: WORDS IN AN AUCTION CLOSE
BLUE: GLOBAL CURRENCIES
PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “CUP”

Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NEW Connections today (game #552) – the answers

NYT Connections answers for game 552 on a purple background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Connections, game #552, are…

YELLOW: FISH FLUKE, MULLE, SOLE, TONGUE
GREEN: WORDS IN AN AUCTION CLOSE WALKING, ONCE, SOLD, TWICE
BLUE: GLOBAL CURRENCIES POUND, REAL, SOL, YUAN
PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “CUP” BUTTER, DIVA, SOLO, WORLD

My assessment: Moderate
My score: Perfect

There was a head scratcher in each group today – making it one of those oddly satisfying games.

WORDS BEFORE “CUP” certainly warranted its purple status, but even the yellow group had a PISCES that could just as easily have been one of the GLOBAL CURRENCIES.

How much does the fish cost?

25 Thanks to you.

You could say it was a FLUKE, but I got home with no problems.

Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, December 13th, Game #551)

YELLOW: FANTASY BEING DRAGON, GIANT, GOLF, TROLL
GREEN: EMAIL FOLDERS DRAFT, SENT, SPAM, TRASH
BLUE: CITRUS SODAS CRUSH, SPRITE, SQUIRT, STAR HELP
PURPLE: ANIMAL HOMOPHONES DRILL, LINKS, PHISH, PULL

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four elements that share something in common, and each group has a different degree of difficulty: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough, and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the last one, as you’ll be able to answer it by a process of elimination. Also, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It’s a bit more involved than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to let you beat yourself up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that can hide the answers.

It can be played for free via NYT Games website on desktop or mobile.