Today's NYT Connections hints and answers (December 9, 2024): All puzzle answers

Modified Dec 09, 2024 01:54 IST

Today's NYT Connections hints and answers will help you save your winning streak. The publisher has brought the 16 words as usual, challenging the community to categorize them into four sets of words. However, they do not reveal the names of the categories until you figure out the answers, making it harder to solve the puzzle.

This article will tell you everything you need to know to solve the NYT Connections puzzle. However, if you feel the hints are not enough, you can always check the final segment of this article for all the answers.

Today's NYT Connections hints (December 9, 2024)

The hints for the NYT Connections puzzle are listed in the table below:

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All words for NYT Connections today (Image via The New York Times)

Categories	Hints
Yellow category	You must think each of your major decisions through.
Green category	You can easily light things up with these things.
Blue category	Many of you may have seen these in a biology lab.
Purple category	These words sits after an alphabet.

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Today's NYT Connections answers (December 9, 2024)

The answers for the NYT Connections puzzle on December 9, 2024, are in the table below:

All answers for NYT Connections today (Image via The New York Times)

Categories	Answers
Yellow category	These are synonyms for Deliberation. The words are Consideration, Scrutiny, Reflection, and Thought.
Green category	These are Used in Starting a Fire. The words are Flint, Matches, Magnifying Glass, and Lighter.
Blue category	These are Used to view a Biological Sample. The words are Microsope, Specimen, Slide, and Stain.
Purple category	These are Words after X. The words are Factor, Games, Ray, and Files.

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