Get NYT Connections Hints for December 5, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #543, 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.
APPLE: While you're busy judging apples for falling from trees, remember they're just following their life's purpose. Maybe we're the ones who need to learn when to let go.
Natural abilities that can't be taught
Related to natural talent and intuition
Aptitude
RHINE: The Rhine River has witnessed centuries of human history, yet humans never stop to ask if it's tired of carrying their boats.
The outer part of something
External areas or boundaries
Exterior
SURFACE: We're all obsessed with scratching beneath the surface, but maybe the surface is tired of being treated like it's hiding something.
Major tech companies
Fortune 500 corporations in computing
Tech companies
OUTSIDE: You're always trying to think outside the box, but maybe the box is wondering why everyone's so desperate to escape it.
Related to edges and colors
Some are geographic, some are descriptive
___stone
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Hint: Aptitude
Hint: Exterior
Hint: Tech companies
Hint: ___stone