Today's Connections Hints & Answers For December 22, 2024 (Puzzle #560)

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Today’s puzzle felt a little on the more difficult side to me, although not the hardest puzzle I have faced. One of the last categories had me a little confused, and I was trying to work through it to no avail. There are also the usual shenanigans and even the easy category had a word I don’t think I would normally have thought of, so to help you succeed where I struggled, here are some hints to help you out.

If you are looking for something nostalgic, you might want to try the NYT’s puzzle. It is a new and modern take on the classic word search, with a slightly higher challenge than those you might have completed as a child. These word searches don’t have a list of the words you are looking for, but you have to find them on your own, and it could be a word or a phrase. However, each word you do find that isn’t part of the puzzle will give you a hint towards victory.

If you need some help searching for the right answers to today’s puzzle, we have you covered with a fair number of hints for you to use. There are some words that belong together in the same categorythat you have to pay attention to something other than the definition to understand, as well as a couple of words that could belong in another category. However, paying attention to the details there as well may help you avoid the mistakes I made.

The Spelling Bee puzzles created as a New York Times game build a streak of correct answers to get you more points, but they can be hard to keep.

If these hints were not enough for you to solve the puzzle on their own, there are more tips in the form of category names waiting below.

SLANG FOR HEAD

PALINDROMES

POLICE PROCEDURALS

FIRST IN A COMEDY DUO

SLANG FOR HEAD

COCONUT

CROWN

DOME

SKULL

This category does have some challenges, which may not be as hard for you if you use some of these terms more than I do. I don’t use COCONUT as slang for the head very often, if ever, although I do occasionally just use “nut.” DOME and SKULL make the most sense to me, and