NYT “Connections” tips and answers for Friday, December 27th

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ForbesNYT “Connections” tips and answers for Thursday, December 26thFrom Kris Holt

Hello everyone! I hope this was a great holiday week for you. And to all key employees and everyone else who couldn’t take time off, I trust that things went as smoothly as possible.

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It’s also the best way to give me feedback on the column, especially on the rare(!) occasions when I mess something up.

Today NYT Connections Hints and answers for Friday, December 27th will follow soon.

How to play connections

Connections is a free, popular one New York Times daily pun. You will receive a new puzzle every day at midnight. You can play on that NYT Website or gaming app.

You will be presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to divide them into four groups of four by figuring out the connections between them. The groups can be items you can click on, names of research participants, or words preceded by a body part.

Each puzzle has only one solution, and you have to be careful when it comes to words that could fit into more than one category. You can mix up the words to perhaps better see the connections between them.

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to understand, blue and green are in the middle, and the purple group is usually the most difficult. The purple group often contains puns.

Select four words that you think go together and click Send. If you guess and are wrong, you lose a life. When you’re close to finding the right group, you may see a message saying you’re one word away from the right group, but you still need to figure out which word to swap.

If you make four mistakes, the game is over. Let’s make sure that this doesn’t happen with the help of some tips, and if you really find it difficult, even with today’s ones Connections Answer. Like with Wordle and other similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats.

If you have one NYT You can access the publications with the All Access or Games subscription Connections Archive. This includes every previous game from Connectionsso you can go back and play any songs you missed.

Aside from the first 60 or so games, you should be able to find my clues for each grid via Google if you need to! Simply click here and enter the date of the game for which you need hints or answers to the search query.

What are today’s connection notes?

Scroll slowly! Right after the clues for each of today’s Connections Groups, I will reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you what words appear in them.

Today’s 16 words are…

• Faucets
• UNICORN
• IRON
• BACON
• PRESSES
• PHOENIX
• CAR
• HORNIST
• BRIDGES
• AFRICA
• TOAST
• WASHINGTON
• BODY
• HITS
• HASH
• CLICKS

And the clues for today Connections Groups are:

• Yellow group – delicious treats that can make the start of your day easier
• Green group – activates a toggle or switch
• Blue group – like a ska band or a train
• Purple Group – celebrated artists

What are today’s sorority groups?

Do you need additional help?

Be warned: We’re starting to get into this Spoiler territory.

Today Connections Groups are…

• Yellow group – breakfast side dishes
• Green group – presses as a button
• Blue group – they have a horn
• Purple Group – Oscar-winning actors

What are today’s connection solutions?

Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today Connections Answer.

This is your final warning!

Today Connections Answers are…

• Yellow group – breakfast side dishes (BACON, GRITS, HASH, TOAST)
• Green Group – Press as a button (CLICKS, KEYS, PRESSES, TAPS)
• Blue group – they have a horn (AFRIKA, BUGLER, CAR, UNICORN)
• Purple Group – Oscar-winning actors (BRIDGES, IRONS, PHOENIX, WASHINGTON)

I played a perfect game today. That gave me five wins in a row. This is what happened to me:

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I’m starting to worry that I’m about to have a very difficult game because this was the third relatively easy game in a row for me.

As I wrote down the word list, I noticed both the greens and yellows. As far as mythical creatures go, there wasn’t really anything to say about UNICORN and PHOENIX, so I wasn’t too worried about running into a red herring here. These were two groups that were taken care of pretty quickly.

At first I thought that PHOENIX and WASHINGTON might have something to do with US cities, but once I realized how well IRONS fit in, it clicked for me. The actors are Jeff BRIDGES, Jeremy IRONS, Joaquin PHOENIX and Denzel WASHINGTON.

I didn’t figure out the connection to the blues, but was a little alarmed when I saw the description pop up. The Horn of Africa is located in the northeast of the continent on the southern side of the Red Sea. Interesting fact: The UNICORN is the national animal of Scotland.

That’s all for today Connections Hints and answers. Be sure to check out my blog tomorrow for hints and the walkthrough for Saturday’s game if you need it.

PS: Just because I feel like it, I’m going to recommend my second favorite song of all time after “God Only Knows.” This song and this band changed my life in ways that I won’t go into here (although I’ve already written about one of the main reasons).

“Everlong” is a perfect rock song. I will love it for the rest of my life. The video directed by Michel Gondry is also a brilliant work:

I wish you a wonderful day! Make sure you drink enough water! Call someone you love!

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