This article provides solutions and hints for the New York Times Connections puzzle #561, published December 23, 2024. The puzzle features sixteen words to categorize into four groups. This guide offers varying levels of assistance, from general hints to complete solutions.
The puzzle words are: Boat, U, Bowl, M, Thou, Crew, V, You, 8, Ewe, Scoop, Glue, Tuesday, K, Grand, and Yew.
Hints and Partial Solutions:
Several sections provide hints and progressively reveal more information. These sections use "read more" to conceal the answers, mimicking the original article's structure. To maintain the original format, I will not fully expand these sections here. Instead, I will summarize their content.
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General Hints: These offer broad clues about the puzzle's structure, eliminating some common solution strategies.
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Yellow Category (Easy): Hints and answers point towards homophones (words that sound alike but have different meanings). The solution includes the words: Ewe, U, Yew, You.
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Green Category (Medium): Hints and answers relate to types of necklines. The solution includes the words: Boat, Crew, Scoop, V.
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Blue Category (Hard): Hints and answers focus on ways to represent the number 1000. The solution includes the words: Grand, K, M, Thou.
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Purple Category (Tricky): Hints and answers suggest words that can follow "Super" to form common phrases. The solution includes the words: 8, Bowl, Glue, Tuesday.
Complete Solution:
The complete solution, including all categories and word assignments, is available in a "read more" section. Again, to maintain the original structure, I will not fully expand it here. However, the above sections provide sufficient information to solve the puzzle with the aid of the hints provided.
The article concludes with a call to action, encouraging readers to play the puzzle on the New York Times Games website.
