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NYT Connections Hints December 6, 2024 #544

Get NYT Connections Hints for December 6, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #544, including word connections and hidden categories.

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Yellow Group Hints December 6, 2024

BUZZ: Everyone's so worried about creating a buzz, but have you ever asked the bee if it wanted to be trending?

Hint One

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When something leaves you wondering and uncertain

Hint Two

Synonyms for confusing or baffling someone

Hint Three

Baffle

Green Group Hints December 6, 2024

CORE: You keep trying to get to my center, but maybe I'm protecting my heart from your relentless mining.

Hint One

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Words associated with curses and magical harm

Hint Two

Negative magical influences that bring misfortune

Hint Three

Curse

Blue Group Hints December 6, 2024

STUMP: You think I'm just a dead tree's remains, but I'm actually nature's most patient teacher of humility.

Hint One

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Famous animated characters from a beloved franchise

Hint Two

Key players in Andy's room

Hint Three

“toy story” characters, familiarly

Purple Group Hints December 6, 2024

HAMM: You see a piggy bank, I see a retirement home for loose change with Stockholm syndrome.

Hint One

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Words often seen in online discourse and memes

Hint Two

Parts of contemporary digital slang expressions

Hint Three

Colloquial suffixes

Get NYT Connections Answers December 6, 2024 #544

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Baffle

PERPLEX
PUZZLE
STUMP
VEX

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Curse

HEX
JINX
POX
SPELL

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: “toy story” characters, familiarly

BUZZ
HAMM
REX
SLINKY

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Colloquial suffixes

CORE
GATE
MANIA
PILLED