NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Tuesday, December 24, 2024 (#562)

Puzzle #562. 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 Tuesday, December 24, 2024 (puzzle #562) is: YELLOW — “LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY!”: BEARS, LIONS, OH MY, TIGERS. GREEN — BELOVED, AS A FRIEND: CLOSE, DEAR, INTIMATE, TIGHT. BLUE — WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE PLURAL LETTERS: BEES, EASE, JAYS, USE. PURPLE — WHEN TRIPLED, HIT SONG TITLES: BILLS, BYE, GIMME, PLEASE.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Tuesday, December 24, 2024. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

LIONS
TIGERS
BEARS
OH MY
DEAR
JAYS
BILLS
USE
BYE
BEES
PLEASE
CLOSE
TIGHT
GIMME
EASE
INTIMATE

How hard is Connections #562?

Medium57/100
  • One category runs on wordplay rather than meaning.
  • Lots of very short words, which carry more possible meanings.
  • At least one entry is a phrase rather than a single word.

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 Tuesday, December 24, 2024

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

NYT Connections answers for Tuesday, December 24, 2024

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, December 24, 2024?

The NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, December 24, 2024 (puzzle #562) is: YELLOW — “LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY!”: BEARS, LIONS, OH MY, TIGERS. GREEN — BELOVED, AS A FRIEND: CLOSE, DEAR, INTIMATE, TIGHT. BLUE — WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE PLURAL LETTERS: BEES, EASE, JAYS, USE. PURPLE — WHEN TRIPLED, HIT SONG TITLES: BILLS, BYE, GIMME, PLEASE.

What is the purple group in Connections #562?

The purple (hardest) group is "WHEN TRIPLED, HIT SONG TITLES": BILLS, BYE, GIMME, PLEASE.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "“LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY!”" — BEARS, LIONS, OH MY, TIGERS. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Tuesday, December 24, 2024 is NYT Connections puzzle #562. 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.