#552 The New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for December 14, 2024

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Words in NYT Connect Puzzle #552 for December 14, 2024

The Connections The puzzle for today contains the words: going, sole, real, butter, fluke, sold, diva, sole, once, single, tang, yuan, pound, twice, world and mullet.

Clues for the NYT Connect puzzle

Here are some hints for this New York Times puzzle game. Look inside each of the expandable sections below, and you'll find things like general hints and category clues to help you through today's puzzle.

Some general hints for the whole connection puzzle

1. None of these categories are about letters that start words or sounds that start words.

2. None of these groups are about numbers or counting.

3. World and single go to the same group.

Yellow NYT Connections category signals

Here are some hints for a yellow/straight answer:
Aquatic friends.

Yellow connect square answer

Category for yellow/straight
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is
the fish

Yellow connect square answer and all four words

Answer to yellow/straight
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the fish

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Fluke, mullet, sole, tang.

Green NYT Connections category signals

Green connect square answer

Category for green/medium difficulty
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is
Words in an auction-ended phrase.

Green connect square answers and all four words

Answers of green/medium difficulty
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Words in an auction-ended phrase.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Going, once, sold, twice.

Blue NYT Connections category signals

Here are some hints for blue/hard answers:
Money, money, money.

Blue connection square answer

Category for Blue/Hard
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Global Currencies.

Blue connect square answers and all four words

Answer to blue/difficult
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Global Currencies.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Pound, Real, Sol, Yuan.

Purple NYT Connections category signals

Here are some hints for purple/cool answers in this mind-boggling puzzle game:
All of these words can be followed by the same three-letter word.

Purple connect square answer

In the category for purple/hard difficulty
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is
Words before the cup.

Connect the purple square answer and all four words

Answers to purple/hard difficulty
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is
Words before the cup.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Butter, Diva, Single, World.

Answers for Today's NYT Connections #552 December 14, 2024

Looking for the complete answer to this minimalist puzzle game? You can find it in the section below. Groups and which words go where within this expandable section.

• Yellow – fish
  : fluke, mullet, sole, tang
• Green – words in an auction-end phrase
  : going, once, sold, twice
• Blue – Global Currencies
  : Pound, Real, Sol, Yuan
• Purple – the words before the cup
  : butter, diva, single, world

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