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Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope you have a fantastic day, whatever you’re doing.
Today’s Connections hints and answers are coming right up.
How To Play Connections
In Connections, you’re presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like horror movie franchises, a type of verb or rappers.
There’s only one solution for each puzzle, and you’ll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them.
Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is typically the hardest one to deduce. The purple group often involves wordplay, so bear that in mind.
Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you’re incorrect, you’ll lose a life. If you’re close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you’re one word away from getting it right, but you’ll still need to figure out which one to swap.
If you make four mistakes, it’s game over. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen with the help of some hints, and, if you’re really struggling, today’s Connections answers.
Connections Hints For December 25
Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.
Today’s 16 words are:
- SANTA
- BABY
- ZIP
- LINE
- LOVE
- SAUCE
- POINT
- ENERGY
- BOO
- RAY
- JUICE
- DEAR
- FIRE
- CODE
- SEGMENT
- AGENT
And the clues for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — pet names
- Green group — perhaps seen in a trigonometry class
- Blue group — vim
- Purple group — shhhh
Connections Groups For December 25
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — darling
- Green group — basic geometric objects
- Blue group — oomph
- Purple group — secret ____
Connections Answers For December 25
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.
This is your final warning!
Today’s Connections answers are…
- Yellow group — darling (BABY, BOO, DEAR, LOVE)
- Green group — basic geometric objects (LINE, POINT, RAY, SEGMENT)
- Blue group — oomph (ENERGY, FIRE, JUICE, ZIP)
- Purple group — secret ____ (AGENT, CODE, SANTA, SAUCE)
Today marked my second straight loss, unfortunately,
My first mistake came when I included SAUCE with the blues instead of FIRE. I corrected course and completed that group. The yellows were next, with no issue.
I was stumped for the greens and purples. After a couple of random guesses left me one word away from completing a group, I wrongly guessed that there was a group of orange-related words (SEGMENT, AGENT, CODE and SAUCE). Rats. I’m sure I’ll get back to winning ways on Boxing Day.
That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for hints and the solution for Tuesday’s game if you need them.
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