Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Mon, December 9th
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Connections hints for Monday 9th 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): If you want to know if an action is justified, you can use this.
- Green (Easy): Essential survival gear.
- Blue (Medium): Use them to see even the tiniest creatures.
- Purple (Hardest): You can make these words longer… With just one letter.
- Extra hint 1: Magnifying glass and microscope do not belong to the same group.
- Extra hint 2: To find the purple group, you’ll need one of the last letters of the alphabet.
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):
Reflection
Green (Easy):
Flint
Blue (Medium):
Stain
Purple (Hardest):
Factor
What are today’s Connections words?
Here are the 16 Connections words for today:
Ray | Factor | Lighter | Stain |
Microscope | Games | Consideration | Magnifying Glass |
Reflection | Matches | Slide | Thought |
Flint | Files | Scrutiny | Specimen |
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:
- Deliberation
- Used In Starting A Fire
- Used To View A Biological Sample
- Words After “X”
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.