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NYT Connections game #560 is the archived puzzle for Sunday, December 22, 2024. Start with the graduated hints below if you want a nudge; the full category names and four-tile answers are farther down, behind a spoiler warning.
How to use these hints
Connections asks you to sort 16 words into four groups of four. Try the clues in order and stop when you have enough help to solve a group.
- Yellow: Bodypart lingo
- Green: Backwards and forwards
- Blue: Watching the detectives
- Purple: The other half
More specific category hints
These clues reveal the category ideas without showing the complete tile sets:
- Yellow: Slang for head
- Green: Palindromes
- Blue: Police procedurals
- Purple: First in a comedy duo
All 16 tiles
The words in the December 22 board were STATS, CROWN, ABBOTT, ELEMENTARY, NUN, KEY, DOME, ABBA, LAUREL, MONK, COCONUT, FRY, SKULL, BONES, KAYAK, and KOJAK.
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Spoilers: Connections #560 answers
Warning: The category labels and full answers are below.
- Yellow — Slang for head: COCONUT, CROWN, DOME, SKULL.
- Green — Palindromes: ABBA, KAYAK, NUN, STATS.
- Blue — Police procedurals: BONES, ELEMENTARY, KOJAK, MONK.
- Purple — First in a comedy duo: ABBOTT, FRY, KEY, LAUREL.
Why the tiles fit
Slang for head
Coconut, crown, dome, and skull can each refer informally or figuratively to a person’s head.
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Palindromes
ABBA, KAYAK, NUN, and STATS each read the same from left to right and right to left.
Police procedurals
BONES, ELEMENTARY, KOJAK, and MONK are television series titles in the police-procedural category.
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ABBOTT, FRY, KEY, and LAUREL point to the first member in Abbott and Costello, Fry and Laurie, Key and Peele, and Laurel and Hardy, respectively.
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TechRadar’s December 22, 2024 guide said Connections could be played through NYT Games on desktop or mobile and described it as free. Access terms can change; check the current NYT Games page for availability.
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