Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Tue, December 17th
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Connections hints for Tuesday 17th 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): Forms of bravery.
- Green (Easy): Get from A to B.
- Blue (Medium): Use them to write or wipe.
- Purple (Hardest): This one is connected to a popular sport.
- Extra hint 1: The green group is the only one without a word starting with ‘Gr’.
- Extra hint 2: The purple groups consists of playing fields.
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):
Nerve
Green (Easy):
Drive
Blue (Medium):
Graph
Purple (Hardest):
Grass
What are today’s Connections words?
Here are the 16 Connections words for today:
| Tissue | Carpet | Wax | Pluck |
| Drag | Nerve | Clay | Graph |
| Grass | Artery | Hard | Heart |
| Drive | Grit | Construction | Avenue |
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:
- Intrepidy
- Road
- Kinds Of Paper
- Kinds Of Tennis Courts
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 Tuesday, 17th December:
- Intrepidy: Grit, Heart, Nerve, Pluck
- Road: Artery, Avenue, Drag, Drive
- Kinds Of Paper: Construction, Graph, Tissue, Wax
- Kinds Of Tennis Courts: Carpet, Clay, Grass, Hard
Connecting ‘grit’ and ‘heart’ was easy enough, but that tennis court group provided a real challenge for me. I eventually realised that they’re all types of flooring, but it’s no doubt easier to form that connection if you know a thing or two about sports fields. Related
Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #554.
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.
