Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Mon, December 17th

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Connections hints for Monday 16th December

Here’s a hint for each of the word groups in today’s Connections puzzle, plus a couple more Connections clues to help you find the answer.

Our Connections hints for today are:

• Yellow (Easiest): Like a phone, but not quite.
• Green (Easy): Throwing is fun!
• Blue (Medium): Think of chocolate and cream.
• Purple (Hardest): Funny or not, ‘Joe Mama’ would fit.
• Extra hint 1: One word group involves fighting, but nobody gets hurt.
• Extra hint 2: ‘Ham radio’ stands for amateur radio.

If you’re looking for more Connections hints today to help narrow down the answers, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:

Yellow (Easiest):

Ham

Green (Easy):

Food

Blue (Medium):

Yodel

Purple (Hardest):

Chicken

What are today’s Connections words?

Here are the 16 Connections words for today:

Light Bulb	Snowball	Ham	Chicken
Pillow	Yodel	Bar	Food
Knock-Knock	Walkie-Talkie	Ding Dong	Water Balloon
Satellite	Devil Dog	Am	Hoho

What are today’s Connections groups?

If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today’s Connections puzzle, below we’ll reveal the four correct Connections groups – the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.

Here are the Connections groups for today:

• Types Of Radio
• Kinds Of Play Fights
• Snack Cakes
• Classic Joke Staples

Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today’s puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check just below for the full answer.

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Spoiler warning! Today’s Connections answer lies ahead!

What are today’s Connections answers?

Here are the full answers to today’s Connections puzzle on Monday, 16th December:

• Types Of Radio: Am, Ham, Satellite, Walkie-Talkie
• Kinds Of Play Fights: Food, Pillow, Snowball, Water Balloon
• Snack Cakes: Devil Dog, Ding Dong, Hoho, Yodel
• Classic Joke Staples: Bar, Chicken, Knock-Knock, Light Bulb

There were a few obvious Connections in today’s puzzle, such as snowball and water balloon, or satellite and walkie-talkie. The snack cakes were the most difficult for me as they require a degree of familiarity – following a quick Google search, I get the feeling I might be missing out there. The joke staples are tricky too, though I’m sure most people will see a light bulb after a few minutes of thinking. Related

Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #552.

Congratulations if you got today’s Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn’t succeed today, don’t worry – a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle.