NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Saturday, December 30, 2023 (#202)

Puzzle #202. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

Just tell me the answer

The NYT Connections answer for Saturday, December 30, 2023 (puzzle #202) is: YELLOW — BLACK-AND-WHITE ANIMALS: ORCA, PANDA, SKUNK, ZEBRA. GREEN — SEQUENCE: CHAIN, SERIES, STRING, TRAIN. BLUE — HETERONYMS: BASS, DOVE, DESERT, WIND. PURPLE — ___ TRAP: BEAR, SAND, SPEED, TOURIST.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Saturday, December 30, 2023. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

PANDA
BEAR
SAND
STRING
SPEED
TRAIN
DESERT
WIND
ORCA
DOVE
SKUNK
BASS
TOURIST
CHAIN
ZEBRA
SERIES

How hard is Connections #202?

Medium52/100
  • One category runs on wordplay rather than meaning.
  • Lots of very short words, which carry more possible meanings.

Where to start: Look for the four words that combine with "Trap" — locking that group down removes four red herrings from the rest of the grid.

Connections hints for Saturday, December 30, 2023

Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.

NYT Connections answers for Saturday, December 30, 2023

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Saturday, December 30, 2023?

The NYT Connections answer for Saturday, December 30, 2023 (puzzle #202) is: YELLOW — BLACK-AND-WHITE ANIMALS: ORCA, PANDA, SKUNK, ZEBRA. GREEN — SEQUENCE: CHAIN, SERIES, STRING, TRAIN. BLUE — HETERONYMS: BASS, DOVE, DESERT, WIND. PURPLE — ___ TRAP: BEAR, SAND, SPEED, TOURIST.

What is the purple group in Connections #202?

The purple (hardest) group is "___ TRAP": BEAR, SAND, SPEED, TOURIST.

What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "BLACK-AND-WHITE ANIMALS" — ORCA, PANDA, SKUNK, ZEBRA. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Saturday, December 30, 2023 is NYT Connections puzzle #202. Connections launched on 12 June 2023 with puzzle #1, and a new puzzle is published every day.

What time does a new NYT Connections puzzle come out?

A new Connections puzzle unlocks at midnight in your own local time zone, so the changeover happens at a different moment around the world. The puzzle itself is the same for everyone on a given date.