Ease up today, folks! If you're searching for some Connect answers for December 15, 2023, you've come to the right place. I'll be throwing out some tips, tricks, and strategies, and eventually, solutions for all four categories. Along the way, I'll explain the trickier words and show you how it all fits together.
Just a heads up – the following contains NYT Connections #187 from December 15 spoilers!
If you're looking for daily dating tips, bookmark this page. If you're curious about what you missed in earlier puzzles, you'll find our earlier tips here as well.
Here are a few indirect tips for today's Verbindungsantworten:
Scroll slowly and grab the tips you need!
Caption: Connections Tips/NYT
Does today's Connections puzzle require special knowledge?
No, these words are quite common nowadays.
Our daily Connect puzzle theme tip
Here are some grouping tips from the current Wired issue (no spoilers):
Yellow category – Complainers. Green category – Be careful! Blue category – Display your flag proudly. Purple category – Don't trust them.
Is there a wordplay in today's Connections puzzle?
No, please don't even try to complete the puzzle by filling in the blanks! However, watch out for homonyms!
Ready for the answer? If you need more help, scroll on.
WARNING: This post contains NYT Connections #187 from December 15 spoilers!
Here are a few tips along with the answers:
What are some homonyms in today's interpersonal communication?
Duck can refer to a bird or the act of ducking to avoid a flying volleyball. Crabs, seals, ducks, and sharks can all be animal types – but all these words have different meanings today and are categorized separately. GROUCH may refer to Oscar from Sesame Street or simply the gardening term GRUMP. A Quacksalver can be the sound of a duck or someone who pretends to be a doctor without proper medical knowledge. *STOOP can refer to the stairs in front of a house or the act of stooping (to pick something up).
What categories are in today's Connections puzzle?
Yellow: Bitter Green: Low blow Blue: National emblem Purple: Liars
Double hint: The solution reads as follows
Ready to learn today's Connections answers? The answers are below.
What is the yellow word in today's puzzle?
The yellow group is considered the easiest. Today's yellow theme is "CRANKY OLD GEEZERS" and the words are CRAB, CRANK, GROUCH, GRUMP.
What is the green word in today's puzzle?
The green group is supposedly a bit harder. Today's green theme is "GET LOW" and the words are CROUCH, DUCK, SQUAT, STOOP.
What is the blue word in today's puzzle?
The blue group is considered moderately hard. Today's blue theme revolves around national emblems with the heading: National anthem, flag, motto, seal.
What are the purple words in today's puzzle?
The purple group is considered the hardest. Today's purple theme is "LIARS," and the words are LIAR, LIAR, CROOK, FISHER.
How I solved today's Connections puzzle
Upon first glance, I saw the animal names: sharks, seals, crabs, and ducks. But the true categories will become clear soon enough. Or will COCK and CRANK belong together too? And what about DUCK, which could mean stoop or just duck, or CROUCH, or SQUAT?
A quacksalver is an unethical doctor and a shark is an unscrupulous lender; both are liars and thieves. Eventually, the symbols become clear: the national anthem, flag, motto, and seal.
Playing Connections
I have a full Connect guide, but here's a summary of the rules:
Find the Connect game on the New York Times website or in their crossword app. You'll be presented with a 16-tile board with one word or phrase on each tile. Your task is to find a set of four tiles that share something in common. Normally, this includes the same type of object (like "Rain," "Group," "Hail," and "Snow" are all types of wet weather), but sometimes, there are word games involved (like "Bucket-list," "Guest-list," etc.).
Choose four projects and click "Send." If you've guessed right, you'll be shown the category and color (yellow is easiest, followed by green, then blue, and finally purple). If you're wrong, you'll have another chance.
Keep guessing until you've identified all four categories. But if you make four mistakes before you're finished, the game is over and the answer will be revealed.
WINNING CONNECTS
If you're trying to make connections, it's essential to know that grouping can be challenging. Expect overlapping groups. For example, a puzzle with six breakfast foods: Bacon, Eggs, Pancakes, Omelets, Waffles, and Muesli, may include "Bacon" with "Close," "CLOSE," "MUNCH," and "WHISTLER" as a group of painters, and "EGG" in a group containing a dozen painters (along with "JUROR," "ROSE," and "MONTH"). So don't click "Send" until you're sure that your group only contains four items.
If you're stumped, try looking for words that don't seem to connect with anything else. If "Whistler" makes you think of that painting with the whistling mother, you might be on the right track.
Another way to succeed is to search Google for words you're unsure about. For example, when I realized Close wasn't a breakfast food, I searched for a painter named Close.
Finally, if you're really stuck, don't forget to check out our daily tips, which we'll post every day! See you tomorrow for the next riddle!
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Meanwhile, if you're interested in entertainment, NYT Connections is a fun and engaging game that can help improve your thinking skills. By fitting words into categories, you can test your knowledge and solve puzzles, similar to how you might solve real-life connections problems.
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