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NYT Connections Hints December 12, 2024 #550

Get NYT Connections Hints for December 12, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #550, including word connections and hidden categories.

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Yellow Group Hints December 12, 2024

FUDGE: You think you're making fudge, but really, the fudge is making your life sweeter one bite at a time. Who's cooking who?

Hint One

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Some are used in leisure activities

Hint Two

Think about homophonic words pronounced like a drink

Hint Three

Things that sound like "t"

Green Group Hints December 12, 2024

RATS: While you call them pests, rats probably have secret meetings discussing how to deal with their human problem.

Hint One

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Tools and mechanisms that help things come together

Hint Two

Objects with teeth or ridges

Hint Three

Objects with teeth

Blue Group Hints December 12, 2024

ZIPPER: You zip it up, you zip it down, but who's really in control? The zipper's just letting you think you are.

Hint One

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Mild exclamations to avoid stronger language

Hint Two

Family-friendly substitutes for swear words

Hint Three

Mild oaths

Purple Group Hints December 12, 2024

MOUTH: Your mouth thinks it's talking, but really, it's just a door your words use to escape.

Hint One

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These words have double meanings in nature and landscape

Hint Two

Each can describe parts of rivers and human features

Hint Three

Parts of a river

Get NYT Connections Answers December 12, 2024 #550

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Things that sound like "t"

TEA
TEE (GOLF)
TEE (SHIRT)
TI (MUSICAL NOTE)

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Objects with teeth

COMB
GEAR
SAW
ZIPPER

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Mild oaths

FUDGE
GEEZ
NUTS
RATS

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Parts of a river

BANK
BED
DELTA
MOUTH