Connections #553 Answers
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #553 for Sunday, December 15, 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): spices
- Green: perform poorly
- Blue: skim through, as pages
- Purple (hardest): pop singers minus “s”
Answers
SPICES
CLOVE, MACE, NUTMEG, PEPPER
PERFORM POORLY
FLAIL, FLOP, FLOUNDER, TANK
SKIM THROUGH, AS PAGES
FLIP, LEAF, RIFFLE, THUMB
POP SINGERS MINUS “S”
KEY, MAR, SPEAR, STYLE
Previous Connections answers
- #552 — fish, words in an auction-ending phrase, global currencies, words before “cup”
- #551 — fantasy creatures, email folders, citrus sodas, animal homophones
- #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”
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