Get NYT Connections Hints for December 7, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #545, 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.
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.
Think about establishing relationships or links
Words meaning 'to connect things together'
Think of together
BOW: Humans invented bowing as a sign of respect, but to aliens it probably looks like we're randomly malfunctioning and rebooting.
Tools used by people who enjoy a specific outdoor hobby
Items designed to draw in a specific target
Ways to attract fish
LIBERTY: Everyone fights for liberty, but then voluntarily becomes a slave to their smartphone notifications.
These have connections to professional teams
WNBA team names
W.n.b.a. teams
EQUATE: Mathematicians spend years trying to equate everything, while cats have already figured out that box = sit, regardless of size.
Words that can follow 'ship'
Each can be preceded by 'fore'
Long___
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Hint: Think of together
Hint: Ways to attract fish
Hint: W.n.b.a. teams
Hint: Long___