NYT Connections Today – Hints and Answers for Tuesday, December 10 (Game #548)
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 #548) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- FISH
- PHONE CALL
- WANDA
- RAN
- INTERIOR
- CRUISE
- FUMBLE
- TAXI
- TOUCHDOWN
- DUB
- OLIVIA
- ROOT
- NAME
- RUMMING
- GO
- LABEL
NYT Connections Today (Game #548) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some pointers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Hey sir
- VEGETABLES: Start on the runway
- BLUE: Look in the dark
- PURPLE: Nations where something is missing
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 #548) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: INDICATE A TITLE
- GREEN: PART OF A FLIGHT
- BLUE: FEEL AROUND (FRONT)
- PURPLE: COUNTRIES MINUS FIRST LETTER
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #548) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, game #548, are…
- YELLOW: INDICATE A TITLE CALL, DUB, LABEL, NAME
- GREEN: PART OF A FLIGHT CRUISE, TAKE-OFF, TAXI, TOUCHDOWN
- BLUE: FEEL AROUND (FRONT) FISH, FUMBLE, CARROT, RUMMING
- PURPLE: COUNTRIES MINUS FIRST LETTER INTERIOR, OLIVIA, RAN, WANDA
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 mistake
Things that seem obvious to American sports fans can be a complete mystery to those of us outside the US. From my rudimentary knowledge of the NFL, I knew TOUCHDOWN and FUMBLE were football terms, but I couldn’t decide on another pair. Could it be RUMMAGE, which sounds like ‘scrummage’ (a term in rugby). FISH? What possibly describes a unique movement in which a player puts the ball between his legs and swims onto the field? Or maybe it’s TAXI, where one player gives the player with the ball a ride to the end zone?
Or maybe this is one of those devious Connections diversions, just like FISH, CALL and WANDA.
After this first FUMBLE and rejecting the NFL terms, I connected the dots to land on PARTS OF A FLIGHT and flew to glory while the rest of the groups slid into place.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Monday, December 9, game #547)
- YELLOW: CONSIDERATION CONSIDERATION, REFLECTION, RESEARCH, THOUGHT
- GREEN: USED WHEN STARTING A FIRE FLINT, LIGHTER, MAGNIFYING GLASS, matches
- BLUE: USED TO VIEW A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE MICROSCOPE, SLIDE, SPECIMEN, STAIN
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “X” FACTOR, FILES, GAMES, RAY
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 slightly harder, blue is often quite hard, and purple is usually very hard.
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.