Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Sun, December 22nd

Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #560.

Connections hints for Sunday 22nd 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): Situated above the neck.
• Green (Easy): Flip them, and you get the same thing.
• Blue (Medium): These words have something to do with the law, police, and action.
• Purple (Hardest): They’ll make you laugh.
• Extra hint 1: ‘Kojak’ is a crime drama TV show.
• Extra hint 2: The purple group is about people.

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):

Skull

Green (Easy):

Kayak

Blue (Medium):

Monk

Purple (Hardest):

Fry

What are today’s Connections words?

Here are the 16 Connections words for today:

Stats	Crown	Abbott	Elementary
Nun	Key	Dome	Abba
Laurel	Monk	Coconut	Fry
Skull	Bones	Kayak	Kojak

---

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:

• Slang For Head
• Palindromes
• Police Procedurals
• First In A Comedy Duo

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.

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 Sunday, 22nd December:

• Slang For Head: Coconut, Crown, Dome, Skull
• Palindromes: Abba, Kayak, Nun, Stats
• Police Procedurals: Bones, Elementary, Kojak, Monk
• First In A Comedy Duo: Abbott, Fry, Key, Laurel

This Connections puzzle required more knowledge of pop culture than usual, since you’d have a hard time guessing the police procedurals and comedy duos without it. I really struggled with both, but thankfully, the palindromes were easy to spot.

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.