Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Sun, December 8th
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Connections hints for Sunday 8th 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): To wallop someone.
- Green (Easy): Words used when you’re trying to stuff something into something else.
- Blue (Medium): Animals, but actually they’re conglomerates too.
- Purple (Hardest): These words all sound like certain types of music.
- Extra hint 1: Slug and Caterpillar are in different groups.
- Extra hint 2: Indy and Mettle are in the same group.
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):
Belt
Green (Easy):
Wedge
Blue (Medium):
Dove
Purple (Hardest):
Seoul
What are today’s Connections words?
Here are the 16 Connections words for today:
| Sandwich | Caterpillar | Shoehorn | Seoul |
| Slug | Wrap | Wedge | Sock |
| Puma | Belt | Mettle | Dove |
| Indy | Greyhound | Blow | Squeeze |
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:
- Punch
- Cram
- Companies Named After Animals
- Homophones Of Music Genres
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, 8th December:
- Punch: Belt, Blow, Sock, Slug
- Cram: Sandwich, Shoehorn, Squeeze, Wedge
- Companies Named After Animals: Caterpillar, Dove, Greyhound, Puma
- Homophones Of Music Genres: Indy, Mettle, Seoul, Wrap
These word groups confused me as always. Homophones of music genres! I saw “Indy” and kept thinking there was some kind of secret Indiana Jones connection amongst all of these words. Alas, I was truly far off.
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.
