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NYT Connections Hints December 31, 2024 #569

As a fellow word puzzle enthusiast, I've designed these hints to be progressive to preserve your enjoyment of the game. Please reveal them in order, starting from the top. While official hints and answers are available at the bottom, I strongly encourage you to think through each connection yourself before checking them.

Yellow Group Hints December 31, 2024

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.

Hint One

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Think about actions that happen in an instant

Hint Two

These can all be used as verbs meaning to move rapidly

Hint Three

Move quickly

Green Group Hints December 31, 2024

NAMES: We give names to everything, but perhaps everything already had names before we arrived, we just couldn't understand them.

Hint One

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Think about powerful sensations or actions

Hint Two

Many of these appear in sports contexts

Hint Three

Fun time

Blue Group Hints December 31, 2024

BLAST: You think you're having a blast, but maybe the blast is having you.

Hint One

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Common words used to address or direct

Hint Two

Basic elements in letter-writing and correspondence

Hint Three

Words before an addressee

Purple Group Hints December 31, 2024

TO: Everyone's going to somewhere, but has anyone asked if somewhere wants them to come?

Hint One

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Think about marketing and product terminology

Hint Two

Each can modify or qualify other nouns

Hint Three

Name ___

Get NYT Connections Answers December 31, 2024 #569

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NYT Connections Game

Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Move quickly

BOLT
DART
DASH
FLY

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Fun time

BALL
BLAST
KICK
THRILL

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Words before an addressee

ATTENTION
DEAR
FOR
TO

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Name ___

BRAND
DROP
GAME
NAMES