Get NYT Connections Hints for December 3, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #541, including word connections and hidden categories.
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COOKIE: Cookies don't judge you for eating them at 3am, but you judge yourself. Who's really the monster here?
Think about an influential TV family from New Jersey
Main characters from a critically acclaimed HBO drama series
Sopranos
JUNIOR: Being called Junior implies there's a Senior, but what if the Senior is actually the Junior at being Senior? Mind blown.
Informal or shortened names for relatives
Common family nicknames across different cultures
Familial nicknames
COUNT: You can count on Count to count, but can Count count on you to count on Count? That's what really counts.
Beloved characters from children's educational TV
Residents of a place where sunny days sweep the clouds away
“sesame street” characters
EDIE: Edie might be easy to spell, but try explaining to autocorrect why it's not 'edit' for the hundredth time.
Four-letter nicknames commonly ending in 'ie' or 'y'
Diminutive forms of longer female names
Names that sound like two letters
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Hint: Sopranos
Hint: Familial nicknames
Hint: “sesame street” characters
Hint: Names that sound like two letters