Today's Connections Hints and Answers for December 24, 2024 (Puzzle #562)

When you're struggling with today's problems Connections puzzle, you might be wondering what you can do to fix it. There are multiple possible solutions, but having some tips and tricks is always useful to give you access to these solutions. There are some confusing pieces to today's puzzle, and a category has a lot less to do with the words themselves than with what they make up together. That's why giving a little push in the right direction can be crucial to solving a puzzle.

If you want a puzzle that's a little more difficult but has no guesswork limits, try the NYT one. Letter in box puzzle. The lack of limits makes a big difference in how you solve the puzzle, and it makes you feel a little freer to be able to experiment a little and see what works one piece at a time. The limit of 4 guesses in Connections It's always felt restrictive, especially if you're not familiar with some words, so this is much better.

Today's Connections Category Tips

DECEMBER 24 #562

Today's categories are an interesting mix, and some of them I would never get to without a little help myself. I was very close to one of them several times and I didn't know what the right final word was. There are many possible options in some of these categories and one of them is another one of those “so obvious it seems like it must be wrong” categories. To help you crack the puzzle, here are four tips:

• One category is about a famous slogan
• A category is about words you would use to describe a particular relationship
• A category is about words that sound like something smaller than a word
• A category has four words that can be multiplied into something famous

If these tips aren't enough for you to finish solving the puzzleThere is still more help available with this puzzle.

	“LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY GOD!”
	BELOVED, AS A FRIEND
	ENGLISH WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE PLURAL LETTERS
	WHEN TRIPLED, IT BEATS THE SONG TITLES

Today's Connections Answers

DECEMBER 24 #562

Yellow Answers: Revealed and Explained

All of these words were, at least for me, lined up on the top row of the category. I was sure it was all a trick and that these four words and phrases couldn't belong in the same category because that would be ridiculous. However, while I was trying to form a sports team mascot categoryI learned that no, it wasn't too obvious, and sometimes I shouldn't try to make the puzzle too difficult for myself. Unfortunately, at least I didn't have to face a lion, a tiger or a bear.

Green Answers: Revealed and Explained

This one seemed simple enough to me. Nothing else really had the same meaning that was being sought in this categoryso it seemed easier to build it. The one thing that caught my eye that could go elsewhere was TIGHT, as I thought there might be a category for things people could say with words like BYE, GIMME, or OH MY. This ended up not being the case at first, so I had no problems when I got to this category.

Blue Answers: Revealed and Explained

Alternatively, this category was a big problem for me. It was a category that didn't make sense and all the solutions I thought were wrong. I had BEES, EASE, and USE together for several guesses, making it annoying to keep seeing “one away” as I fought. However, I would never have put JAYS here, I don't think, even if I had more guesses. It didn't help that I had no idea what the next category would be, and I don't think I would have gotten that one either.

Purple Answers: Revealed and Explained

I love music, but I don't generally follow pop music. Even the artists I really like I don't follow as much as I should because I have a bad habit of just listening to my favorite songs on repeat instead of listening to something new. That being said, BYE is the only one I probably would have recognized, and just because this was played at every school dance as a way of telling us to get out. Please don't hate me for not listening to what are apparently the most popular hits.

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