NYT Connections today — my hints and answers for Wednesday, December 11 (game #549)
Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
Today's NYT Connections words are…
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
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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…
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What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
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The answers to today's Connections, game #549, are…
I had no idea what KETCHUM was. My first thought was that it was a portmanteau of Ketchup and erm Chum? This would link it to PARALYMPICS and JAZZERCISE
After striking out I discovered that KETCHUM was plenty of things – a grenade-like weapon, a POKÉMON character, a city in Idaho, a brand of cattle tags, the surname of the doctor who conducted experiments on soldiers with LSD in the 1960s… you could write a book about KETCHUM. This dalliance led me to ignore the far more obvious PROPER NOUN PORTMANTEAUX words WIKIPEDIA and POKÉMON. And that, my Connections KETCHUMs was the end of me.
The only group I landed today was the easy yellow UTOPIA group. You could say I’m a dreamer, but today was my Connections nightmare.
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different
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