New York Times Link Tips and Answers for Issue 558, December 20, 2024

Connections is back with another brain teaser that will challenge you. If you want to win, you have very few mistakes to make and you may need all of them to solve today's puzzle.

However, if you are completely stuck, this guide is here to help you. It has everything you need to win except the rules on how to play Connections; contains category hints, clues to the overall puzzle, spoilers, and much more.

Words in puzzle no. 558 by NYT Connections for December 20, 2024

THE Connections Today's puzzle contains the words: Whale, Cocktail, Finance, Question, Education, Solution, Grown, Wine, Technology, Command, Compound, Crypto, Mowed, Pharmaceutical, Exclamation mark, AND Mixture.

NYT Connections Puzzle Tips

If you just want a little hint or spoiler for this mobile game similar to Wordleyou can find it below. Within these sections are all the hints you will need to conquer today's puzzle.

Some general tips for the whole connections puzzle

1. None of these categories have anything to do with banking or financial information.

2. Finance and Phrama fall into the same category.

3. Grown and Mown go in the same group.

Tips for the yellow NYT connections category

Here are some tips for the yellow/straight answer in this puzzle game:
Prepared, mixture.

Response to the Yellow Connections category

The category for mysteries/simple ones
Connections
AND
Mixture.

Answer to the Yellow Connections category and all four words

The answer to yellow/simple
Connections
AND
Mixture.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Cocktail, Compound, Mixture, Solution.

Tips for Green NYT Links Category

Here are some suggestions for the green/medium difficulty answer:
Types of paragraph parts.

Response to the Green Connections category

The category for green/medium difficulty
Connections
AND
Types of sentences.

Answer to the Green Connections category and all four words

The answer to green/medium difficulty
Connections
AND
Types of sentences.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Command, exclamation, question, statement.

Suggestions for the Blue NYT Connections category

Here are some suggestions for the blue/hard answer:
Other things you could put in this category: Gym, Surf, Crossfit, Stoner.

Response to the Blue Connections category

The category for blue/hard
Connections
AND
Types of siblings

Response to the Blue Connections category and all four words

The answer to blue/hard
Connections
AND
Types of siblings

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Cryptocurrencies, finance, pharmaceuticals, technology.

NYT Purple Connections Category Tips

Here are some tips for the purple/hard answer in this browser game:
Other things you could put in this category: Saab, grype, dimensions.

Response to the Purple Connections category

The category for the purple/hard difficulty in
Connections
AND
Denouncement of homophones.

Purple Connections category response and all four words

The answer to the purple/hard difficulty in
Connections
AND
Denouncement of homophones.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Cultivated, Mowed, Whale, Wine.

Answers for NYT Connections n. 558 today of December 20, 2024

If you're just looking for the complete answer to this New York Times Games puzzle, you can find it below. Open the expandable section to see all four categories and the words that make up each of them.

• Yellow – Mixture
  : Cocktail, Compound, Mixture, Solution
• Green: sentence types
  : Command, Exclamation, Question, Declaration
• Blue – Types of siblings
  : Cryptocurrencies, Finance, Pharmaceuticals, Technology
• Viola – Denunciation of homophones
  : Cultivated, Mowed, Whale, Wine

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