Today's Connections Hints & Answers For December 15, 2024 (Puzzle #553)

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If you feel like you are flailing to finish today’s puzzle, you might want to check out a few hints and tips. This one is a little easier in my opinion than some of the other recent ones, but there are still some tricky bits and places where it would be easy to get stuck. To help you solve it, here are all the tips and tricks you need to breeze through it without getting into a trap.

The NYT puzzle is a fun option for those who want to try something similar but with a different style. It is a puzzle where you must spell the words out yourself. There are usually around 7-10 different words that you can find and make out of the letters given to you by the puzzle. If you can figure every word out, you will have a much higher score and will be able to boast about it to your puzzling friends.

If you need some hints for today’s puzzle, you can get everything you need here. This puzzle has some interesting word combinations and some words that are the correct answer but may not look like it at first. As usual, the purple category is one that is likely to make you scratch your head quite a bit, and that is just as true today as it is any other day.

Wordle is a simple daily word game that has taken the internet by storm. With only 6 chances to get the right answer, players may need a little help.

If you still need some help finishing up today’s puzzle, you can do that through the use of the category names in the box below. Or you can skip right to the answers if you want.

SPICES

PERFORM POORLY

SKIM THROUGH, AS PAGES

POP SINGERS MINUS «S»

SPICES

CLOVE

MACE

NUTMEG

PEPPER

This category looks like it should be obvious, and for the most part, it was. However, MACE could be a spice or a weapon like a FLAIL. There is also SPEAR and TANK to contend with, all of which could be weapons. I am also not as familiar with the use of MACE as a spice, which might have made this a little harder for me. MAR is also something that sounds like it could be a spice, although I don’t