Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Thu, December 19th

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Connections hints for Thursday 19th 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): ‘I don’t want to do this today’.
• Green (Easy): Commonly found at your local pub.
• Blue (Medium): This one is about marine vessels.
• Purple (Hardest): Think of a classic Nintendo game.
• Extra hint 1: The ‘classic Nintendo game’ is quite similar to Mario, and Mario certainly knows its protagonist.
• Extra hint 2: A ‘tug’ is short for ‘tugboat’.

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):

Postpone

Green (Easy):

Keg

Blue (Medium):

Junk

Purple (Hardest):

Hammer

What are today’s Connections words?

Here are the 16 Connections words for today:

Tap	Tug	Keg	Barrel
Table	Sub	Barge	Hammer
Counter	Ladder	Gorilla	Shelve
Junk	Delay	Stool	Postpone

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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:

• Defer
• Bar Fixtures
• Watercraft
• Seen In “Donkey Kong”

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!

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What are today’s Connections answers?

Here are the full answers to today’s Connections puzzle on Thursday, 19th December:

• Defer: Delay, Postpone, Shelve, Table
• Bar Fixtures: Counter, Keg, Stool, Tap
• Watercraft: Barge, Junk, Sub, Tug
• Seen In “Donkey Kong”: Barrel, Gorilla, Hammer, Ladder

Another one for the gamers! The Donkey Kong words are far from obvious though, as he wouldn’t be the first thing you think of upon seeing words like ‘hammer’ or ‘barrel’. The inclusion of the word ‘gorilla’ is what helped me connect today’s purple category.Related

NYT Connections hints and answers (Wednesday 18th)

Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #555.

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.