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Hints for the December 21 Connections groups
Connections asks you to sort 16 words into four groups of four, with each group linked by a shared idea. The groups are marked by four color-coded difficulty levels. You can play on desktop or mobile through NYT Games.
- Yellow: Parts of a tea maker.
- Green: Reading matter.
- Blue: A sense of coming out.
- Purple: Add the same word after each tile to form a familiar compound.
December 21 Connections answers
Spoilers below: The complete groupings and answers follow.
- Features of a teapot: HANDLE, LID, SPOUT, STRAINER
- Arise: EMERGE, FLOW, ISSUE, RESULT
- Library sections: CIRCULATION, PERIODICALS, REFERENCE, STACKS
- ___DROP: AIR, EAVES, GUM, RAIN. These form AIRDROP, EAVESDROP, GUMDROP, and RAINDROP.
Why puzzle numbers differ between archives
Use the date to identify this board: answer archives do not agree on its puzzle number. TechRadar identifies the December 21 edition as game #924, while Wordle.today labels the same date #976. Both list the same groups and answers. TechRadar’s dated article is available at TechRadar; the matching date entry appears in the Wordle.today archive.
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