Connections #557 Answers
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #557 for Thursday, December 19, 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): defer
- Green: bar fixtures
- Blue: watercraft
- Purple (hardest): seen in “donkey kong”
Answers
DEFER
DELAY, POSTPONE, SHELVE, TABLE
BAR FIXTURES
COUNTER, KEG, STOOL, TAP
WATERCRAFT
BARGE, JUNK, SUB, TUG
SEEN IN “DONKEY KONG”
BARREL, GORILLA, HAMMER, LADDER
Previous Connections answers
- #556 — deal with, styles of beer, investment verbs, ___ dome
- #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
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