Connections #551 Answers
Friday, December 13, 2024
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #551 for Friday, December 13, 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): fantasy creatures
- Green: email folders
- Blue: citrus sodas
- Purple (hardest): animal homophones
Answers
FANTASY CREATURES
DRAGON, GIANT, PIXIE, TROLL
EMAIL FOLDERS
DRAFTS, SENT, SPAM, TRASH
CITRUS SODAS
CRUSH, SPRITE, SQUIRT, STARRY
ANIMAL HOMOPHONES
BORE, LINKS, PHISH, TOWED
Previous Connections answers
- #550 — things that sound like "t", objects with teeth, mild oaths, parts of a river
- #549 — utopia, things you shake, proper noun portmanteaux, ending in synonyms for “friend”
- #548 — give a title to, parts of a flight, feel around (for), countries minus first letter
- #547 — deliberation, used in starting a fire, used to view a biological sample, words after “x”
- #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___
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