Connections #547 Answers
Monday, December 9, 2024
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #547 for Monday, December 9, 2024. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): deliberation
- Green: used in starting a fire
- Blue: used to view a biological sample
- Purple (hardest): words after “x”
Answers
DELIBERATION
CONSIDERATION, REFLECTION, SCRUTINY, THOUGHT
USED IN STARTING A FIRE
FLINT, LIGHTER, MAGNIFYING GLASS, MATCHES
USED TO VIEW A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE
MICROSCOPE, SLIDE, SPECIMEN, STAIN
WORDS AFTER “X”
FACTOR, FILES, GAMES, RAY
Previous Connections answers
- #546 — punch, cram, companies named after animals, homophones of music genres
- #545 — think of together, ways to attract fish, w.n.b.a. teams, long___
- #544 — baffle, curse, “toy story” characters, familiarly, colloquial suffixes
- #543 — aptitude, exterior, tech companies, ___stone
- #542 — steer, things with needle/s, figures in greek myth, starting with synonyms for lavatory
- #541 — sopranos, familial nicknames, “sesame street” characters, names that sound like two letters
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