NYT Connections Today – My Hints and Answers for Friday, December 20 (Game #558)
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be tricky, so read on if you need pointers.
What should you do when you’re done? Of course, play some word games. 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 word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about today’s NYT Connections is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections Today (Game #558) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- WHALE
- COCKTAIL
- FINANCES
- ASK
- STATEMENT
- SOLUTION
- GROWED
- WINE
- TECH
- COMMAND
- CONNECTION
- CRYPTO
- MADE
- PHARMA
- EXCLAMATION
- MIXTURE
NYT Connections Today (Game #558) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some pointers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Mixed
- VEGETABLES: Grammatically complete
- BLUE: Borish brothers
- PURPLE: Sounds like grumbling
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four themed answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #558) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CONSTRUCTION
- GREEN: TYPES OF SENTENCES
- BLUE: TYPES OF BROS
- PURPLE: COMPLAINT HOMOPHONES
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #558) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #558 are…
- YELLOW: CONSTRUCTION COCKTAIL, COMPOUND, MIXTURE, SOLUTION
- GREEN: TYPES OF SENTENCES COMMAND, EXCLAMATION, QUESTION, DECLARATION
- BLUE: TYPES OF BROS CRYPTO, FINANCE, PHARMA, TECH
- PURPLE: COMPLAINT HOMOPHONES GROWED, MOWED, WHALE, WINE
- My rating: Difficult
- My score: 1 mistake
This was a rare day where I ended up in the Purple group first. It’s easy to miss homophones, but I sometimes get these groups by reading the grid out loud in the dullest voice I can muster – obviously not something you can do while secretly playing a game of Connections on office. Unless of course you want to confuse your colleagues.
It also helps if you’re not very good at spelling and think whine is spelled WINE and whine is WHALE. Of course I’m not, my spelling and grammar are exceptional. That’s why I got TYPES OF SENTENCES last – I was saving it, one in the bank. Or was that me? (QUESTION) No! (EXCLAMATION)
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Thursday, December 19, game #557)
- YELLOW: DELAY DELAY, DELAY, PLANK, TABLE
- GREEN: BAR FIXTURES COUNTER, BARREL, STOOL, TAP
- BLUE: WATERCOOT BARGE, TROUBLE, SUB, TOWING
- PURPLE: SEEN IN “DONKEY KONG” BARREL, GORILLA, HAMMER, LADDER
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of the New York Times’ increasingly popular word games. It challenges you to find groups of four items that have something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: green is easy, yellow is a little harder, blue is often quite tough, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t have to solve the last question because you can answer it by a process of elimination. Plus, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you some breathing room.
It’s a bit more complicated than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, beware of homophones and other word games that can obscure the answers.
It is playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.