Get NYT Connections Hints for December 31, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #569, including word connections and hidden categories.
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BALL: While you think you're playing with the ball, the ball is actually playing with your life, making you chase it endlessly like its faithful servant.
Think about actions that happen in an instant
These can all be used as verbs meaning to move rapidly
Move quickly
DEAR: You call others 'dear' but who's truly dear to a world of temporary connections?
Think about powerful sensations or actions
Many of these appear in sports contexts
Fun time
FOR: You think you do things for others, but maybe others exist for you to do things.
Common words used to address or direct
Basic elements in letter-writing and correspondence
Words before an addressee
DASH: While you're dashing through life, life is dashing away from you.
Think about marketing and product terminology
Each can modify or qualify other nouns
Name ___
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Hint: Move quickly
Hint: Fun time
Hint: Words before an addressee
Hint: Name ___