Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Tue, December 24th
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Connections hints for Tuesday 24th 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): A phrase from the Wizard of Oz.
- Green (Easy): These words can describe a special relationship.
- Blue (Medium): These words sound like letters when you say them.
- Purple (Hardest): Triple them, and you have the title of a song.
- Extra hint 1: Bees and Use are in the same group.
- Extra hint 2: ABBA, Destiny’s Child, and Sabrina Carpenter have a link with the purple 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):
Oh My
Green (Easy):
Tight
Blue (Medium):
Bees
Purple (Hardest):
Bye
What are today’s Connections words?
Here are the 16 Connections words for today:
| Lions | Tigers | Bears | Oh My |
| Dear | Jays | Bills | Use |
| Bye | Bees | Please | Close |
| Tight | Gimme | Ease | Intimate |
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:
- “Lions And Tigers And Bears, Oh My!”
- Beloved, As A Friend
- Words That Sound Like Plural Letters
- When Tripled, Hit Song Titles
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, 24th December:
- “Lions And Tigers And Bears, Oh My!”: Bears, Lions, Oh My, Tigers
- Beloved, As A Friend: Close, Dear, Intimate, Tight
- Words That Sound Like Plural Letters: Bees, Ease, Jays, Use
- When Tripled, Hit Song Titles: Bills, Bye, Gimme, Please
Including the Wizard of Oz phrase was a brilliant move using a brilliant movie – I had fun wrecking my brain over that one. That said, today’s Connections was almost impossible to complete for me because of the songs group… If those aren’t your jam, you’ll never guess them.Related
NYT Connections hints and answers (Monday 23rd)
Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #560.
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.
