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NYT Connections Hints December 7, 2024 #545

Get NYT Connections Hints for December 7, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #545, including word connections and hidden categories.

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Yellow Group Hints December 7, 2024

SUN: While humans worship the sun for warmth and life, the sun probably sees us as annoying little creatures who complain when it's too hot or too cold - we're basically the Goldilocks of the solar system.

Hint One

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Think about establishing relationships or links

Hint Two

Words meaning 'to connect things together'

Hint Three

Think of together

Green Group Hints December 7, 2024

BOW: Humans invented bowing as a sign of respect, but to aliens it probably looks like we're randomly malfunctioning and rebooting.

Hint One

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Tools used by people who enjoy a specific outdoor hobby

Hint Two

Items designed to draw in a specific target

Hint Three

Ways to attract fish

Blue Group Hints December 7, 2024

LIBERTY: Everyone fights for liberty, but then voluntarily becomes a slave to their smartphone notifications.

Hint One

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These have connections to professional teams

Hint Two

WNBA team names

Hint Three

W.n.b.a. teams

Purple Group Hints December 7, 2024

EQUATE: Mathematicians spend years trying to equate everything, while cats have already figured out that box = sit, regardless of size.

Hint One

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Words that can follow 'ship'

Hint Two

Each can be preceded by 'fore'

Hint Three

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Get NYT Connections Answers December 7, 2024 #545

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Think of together

AFFILIATE
ASSOCIATE
EQUATE
RELATE

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Ways to attract fish

BAIT
CHUM
FLY
LURE

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: W.n.b.a. teams

LIBERTY
STORM
SUN
WINGS

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Long___

BOW
FELLOW
HORN
LEGS