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NYT Connections Hints December 9, 2024 #547

Get NYT Connections Hints for December 9, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #547, including word connections and hidden categories.

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Yellow Group Hints December 9, 2024

FACTOR: Everyone thinks they're a factor in the equation of life, but maybe we're all just variables in someone else's calculation.

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Mental processes that involve careful examination

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Ways to analyze and contemplate something thoroughly

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Deliberation

Green Group Hints December 9, 2024

CONSIDERATION: While you're considering everything, did you ever consider that nothing is considering you?

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Tools that can create or concentrate heat

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Different ways to start a flame or focus light

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Used in starting a fire

Blue Group Hints December 9, 2024

MATCHES: We strike matches to create light, but maybe darkness just needs a break sometimes.

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Tools and materials for detailed observation

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Essential components for studying tiny samples

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Used to view a biological sample

Purple Group Hints December 9, 2024

FILES: You organize files to keep track of life, but life doesn't file you away so neatly.

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These words take on new meaning with 'X' before them

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Think about computer graphics and mathematics

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Words after “x”

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Deliberation

CONSIDERATION
REFLECTION
SCRUTINY
THOUGHT

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Used in starting a fire

FLINT
LIGHTER
MAGNIFYING GLASS
MATCHES

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Used to view a biological sample

MICROSCOPE
SLIDE
SPECIMEN
STAIN

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Words after “x”

FACTOR
FILES
GAMES
RAY