NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Friday, December 13, 2024 (#551)

Puzzle #551. 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 Friday, December 13, 2024 (puzzle #551) is: YELLOW — FANTASY CREATURES: DRAGON, GIANT, PIXIE, TROLL. GREEN — EMAIL FOLDERS: DRAFTS, SENT, SPAM, TRASH. BLUE — CITRUS SODAS: CRUSH, SPRITE, SQUIRT, STARRY. PURPLE — ANIMAL HOMOPHONES: BORE, LINKS, PHISH, TOWED.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Friday, December 13, 2024. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

TRASH
PHISH
CRUSH
TROLL
BORE
SPAM
LINKS
SQUIRT
SPRITE
TOWED
GIANT
DRAFTS
PIXIE
SENT
STARRY
DRAGON

How hard is Connections #551?

Medium42/100
  • One category runs on wordplay rather than meaning.

Where to start: Every category here is meaning-based, so group by topic first and use the four-per-group constraint to settle any word that could go two ways.

Connections hints for Friday, December 13, 2024

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

NYT Connections answers for Friday, December 13, 2024

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Friday, December 13, 2024?

The NYT Connections answer for Friday, December 13, 2024 (puzzle #551) is: YELLOW — FANTASY CREATURES: DRAGON, GIANT, PIXIE, TROLL. GREEN — EMAIL FOLDERS: DRAFTS, SENT, SPAM, TRASH. BLUE — CITRUS SODAS: CRUSH, SPRITE, SQUIRT, STARRY. PURPLE — ANIMAL HOMOPHONES: BORE, LINKS, PHISH, TOWED.

What is the purple group in Connections #551?

The purple (hardest) group is "ANIMAL HOMOPHONES": BORE, LINKS, PHISH, TOWED.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "FANTASY CREATURES" — DRAGON, GIANT, PIXIE, TROLL. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Friday, December 13, 2024 is NYT Connections puzzle #551. 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.