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NYT Connections Hints December 2, 2024 #540

Get NYT Connections Hints for December 2, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #540, including word connections and hidden categories.

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Yellow Group Hints December 2, 2024

PAPER: Paper spends its whole life trying to be important, only to realize it's mostly used for people to doodle during boring meetings.

Hint One

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When you want to make something known officially

Hint Two

Ways to announce or proclaim something important

Hint Three

Announce

Green Group Hints December 2, 2024

ALLIGATOR: From an alligator's perspective, humans are just land-seals who inexplicably collect shoes and panic at the sight of someone who just wants to give them a toothy hug.

Hint One

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Activities requiring skilled hand-eye coordination

Hint Two

Hitting or striking is involved in each

Hint Three

Things involving mallets

Blue Group Hints December 2, 2024

POLO PLAYER: Polo players think they're being elite, but the horses are just humoring them while discussing how humans invented a game just to look important on horseback.

Hint One

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Common symbols or identifiers in fashion and sports

Hint Two

Recognizable logos or emblems

Hint Three

Icon embroidered on a polo shirt

Purple Group Hints December 2, 2024

DECLARE: Declarations are just fancy ways of stating the obvious while pretending it's more important because it's being declared.

Hint One

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They can be real or artificial, physical or digital

Hint Two

Each can be cut, styled, or edited

Hint Three

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Announce

BROADCAST
DECLARE
HERALD
TRUMPET

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Things involving mallets

CARPENTRY
CROQUET
WHAC-A-MOLE
XYLOPHONE

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Icon embroidered on a polo shirt

CROCODILE
LAUREL
POLO PLAYER
SWOOSH

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: ___ clip

ALLIGATOR
HAIR
PAPER
VIDEO