Get NYT Connections Hints for December 4, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #542, including word connections and hidden categories.
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.
PAN: You think you're using the pan to cook, but maybe the pan is using you to fulfill its destiny of creating delicious meals.
Think about roles that help navigate or influence direction
Words that mean to take charge and move forward
Steer
TURNTABLE: You think you're playing records on the turntable, but maybe the turntable is playing you like a broken record.
Tools that provide direction or rotation in various contexts
Physical items used for finding your way or spinning
Things with needle/s
GUIDE: The guide thinks they're leading the way, but maybe they're just following a path that others created.
Characters from classical stories and legends
Mythological figures with interesting powers or roles
Figures in greek myth
JOHNSON: Johnson might be your last name, but to your ancestors, it's just a first draft of who you could have been.
Personal care and cleansing connections
Things related to hygiene or body care
Starting with synonyms for lavatory
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Hint: Steer
Hint: Things with needle/s
Hint: Figures in greek myth
Hint: Starting with synonyms for lavatory