Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Dec. 2, #540

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Answers are needed for The New York Times Connections Puzzle? me, Wardle is more of a vocabulary test, but Connections is more of a brain teaser. You are given 16 words and asked to put them into four groups that are somehow related. Sometimes they’re obvious, but game editor Vina Liu knows how to trick you by using words that can fit into multiple groups. Read on for today’s relationship tips and answers.

There is also news in the world of relationships. The Times now has a link botlike the one he’s had for Wardle for a while now. Go there after you play to get a numerical score and have the program analyze your answers. And players who are registered in the Times Games section now they can annoy by following their progressincluding the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they achieved a perfect score, and their winning streak.

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How to play Connections

Playing is easy. Winning is hard. Look at the 16 words and mentally assign them to related groups of four. Click on four words that you think go together. The groups are color-coded, though you don’t know what goes where until you see the answers. The yellow group is the easiest, followed by green, then blue, and purple is the hardest. Look at the words carefully and think about related terms. Sometimes the link has to do with only part of the word. Four words were once grouped together because each began with a rock band name, including “Rushmore” and “Journeiman.”

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Tips for today’s relationship groups

Here are four grouping hints in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Let it be known.

Green group advice: Something like a hammer.

Blue Group Tip: Preppy clothing design.

Purple Group Tip: It’s not a chip, but it sounds like it.

Answers for today’s link groups

Yellow group: Announce.

Green Group: Things involving hammers.

Blue group: Icon embroidered on a polo shirt.

Purple Group: ____ clip.

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What are today’s responses to Connections?

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The topic is to announce. The four responses are broadcast, declared, announced and trumpeted.

Green words in today’s Connections

The topic is things involving sledgehammers. The four answers are carpentry, croquet, whac-a-mole and xylophone.

Blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is an embroidered icon on a polo shirt. The four answers are the crocodile, the laurel, the polo player and the swoosh.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The subject is ____ clip. The four answers are alligator, hair, paper and video.