Today's Connections Hints & Answers For December 08, 2024 (Puzzle #546)

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Get to the end of today’s puzzle fast like a sprinting greyhound when you use these tips and tricks, but without them, you will likely be slowed down by some of the later categories. In this case, one of the categories is easier than it looks, and one of them is the opposite. That makes it a little hard to put everything together, and the deceptive appearance makes it worse than it would have been.

If you want to put the expanded vocabulary Connections has given you to use, you can do so by playing the NYT’s puzzle. This puzzle has a combination of cute aesthetics and challenging gameplay, making it a great puzzle to play when you want something lighthearted to test your brain. In it, you will have to use your knowledge of the dictionary to create as many words as possible from the honeycomb-encrusted letters.

If you need some hints to help you with today’s puzzle, you are in the right place. There are tons of possibilities with every puzzle, made worse when there are no clear lines in between the categories. Even the yellow category did not feel quite as easy as it usually does today. So, to help you out with this one, here is a clue for every category:

Wordle, the popular word-guessing game hosted by The New York Times, has over 1,700 words remaining as possible solutions.

Sometimes hints are just not enough, and you need a little more to help you understand what the connections are. If that is true for you today, here are the full spoilers to give you that final leg up.

PUNCH

CRAM

COMPANIES NAMED AFTER ANIMALS

HOMOPHONES OF MUSIC GENRES

PUNCH

BELT

BLOW

SLUG

SOCK

I got this category second today and I think it was mainly due to the word BELT. I don’t think I have ever heard it in reference to a “punch” specifically although I know what it can mean in reference to discipline. I feel like those two actions are not really the same thing, since a punch is a very specific movement with your arm, and a BELT means that an object has to be included. The other