NYT Connections Hints and Answers for December 10, 2024

The New York Times‘ Connections puzzle for December 10, 2024, presents a challenging set of 16 words that need to be grouped into four categories, each with a common theme. Here are some hints and the answers to help you solve the puzzle.

The puzzle, crafted by Wyna Liu, is known for its complexity and red herrings. Here are the hints for each category:

Yellow (Easiest): This category involves giving a title to something. The hint is “When you discover or invent something, you get to do this.”

Green (Easy): This category is related to the process of traveling by plane. The hint is “If you travel by plane, you typically go through these stages.”

Blue (Medium): This category involves the action of feeling around for something. The hint is “When you’re looking for something by touch.”

Purple (Hardest): This category involves countries with one letter missing. The hint is “There is something missing,” and you need to think about countries minus their first letter.

The actual groups and their corresponding words are as follows:

Give a Title To (Yellow): Call, Dub, Label, Name

Parts of a Flight (Green): Cruise, Takeoff, Taxi, Touchdown

Feel Around (For) (Blue): Fish, Fumble, Root, Rummage

Countries Minus First Letter (Purple): Inland, Olivia, Ran, Wanda

To approach the puzzle, it’s helpful to look for similar parts of speech, check for synonyms, and say the words out loud to identify patterns. Also, be aware of red herrings and try shuffling the words to look at them from different perspectives.