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Hey there, everyone! I hope you’re having a smashing weekend. I went to my first Premier League game yesterday, so that’s one off the bucket list.
Today’s Connections hints and answers are coming right up.
How To Play Connections
In Connections, you’re presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like horror movie franchises, a type of verb or rappers.
There’s only one solution for each puzzle, and you’ll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them.
Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is typically the hardest one to deduce. The purple group often involves wordplay, so bear that in mind.
Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you’re incorrect, you’ll lose a life. If you’re close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you’re one word away from getting it right, but you’ll still need to figure out which one to swap.
If you make four mistakes, it’s game over. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen with the help of some hints, and, if you’re really struggling, today’s Connections answers.
Connections Hints For December 17
Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.
Today’s 16 words are:
- PAGES
- STICKS
- BANK
- STONES
- COAL
- BONE
- NERVE
- SAVE
- GUTS
- CARROT
- STORE
- BUSINESS
- SNOW
- STASH
- GIRL
- GALL
And the clues for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — set aside for the future
- Green group — courage
- Blue group — components of a fun winter structure
- Purple group — amusing things
Connections Groups For December 17
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — reserve for later
- Green group — boldness, figuratively
- Blue group — used to build a snowman
- Purple group — funny ____
Connections Answers For December 17
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.
This is your final warning!
Today’s Connections answers are…
- Yellow group — reserve for later (BANK, SAVE, STASH, STORE)
- Green group — boldness, figuratively (GALL, GUTS, NERVE, STONES)
- Blue group — used to build a snowman (CARROT, COAL, SNOW, STICKS)
- Purple group — funny ____ (BONE, BUSINESS, GIRL, PAGES)
No perfect game, but my overall winning streak is up to 10.
I cottoned onto the greens then the yellows pretty quickly, so that was a good start. However, perhaps due to jetlag setting in, but I didn’t have much of a clue about the blues or purples.
I thought at first there might have been a show prefix (as in showgirl and showbusiness), but no other words made sense with that. Thankfully, I was able to brute force my way to a win thanks to a trial and error approach. I got the blues, and that left me with the purples. Not the most elegant win, but I’ll take it.
That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for hints and the solution for Monday’s game if you need them.
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