Connections #556 Answers
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #556 for Wednesday, December 18, 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): deal with
- Green: styles of beer
- Blue: investment verbs
- Purple (hardest): ___ dome
Answers
DEAL WITH
FIELD, HANDLE, MANAGE, TACKLE
STYLES OF BEER
BITTER, BOCK, SOUR, STOUT
INVESTMENT VERBS
HEDGE, HOLD, SHORT, TRADE
___ DOME
CAPITOL, CHROME, ONION, TEAPOT
Previous Connections answers
- #555 — intrepidity, road, kinds of paper, kinds of tennis courts
- #554 — types of radio, kinds of play fights, snack cakes, classic joke staples
- #553 — spices, perform poorly, skim through, as pages, pop singers minus “s”
- #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
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