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NYT Connections December 12 2024 Answers

Puzzle #550

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

Today's 16-word board, in its starting order:

FUDGE BED SAW TEE (SHIRT) TI (MUSICAL NOTE) GEAR RATS DELTA ZIPPER NUTS TEA GEEZ MOUTH TEE (GOLF) COMB BANK

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — THINGS THAT SOUND LIKE "T"
Green — OBJECTS WITH TEETH
Blue — MILD OATHS
Purple — PARTS OF A RIVER
THINGS THAT SOUND LIKE "T"TEA, TEE (GOLF), TEE (SHIRT), TI (MUSICAL NOTE)
OBJECTS WITH TEETHCOMB, GEAR, SAW, ZIPPER
MILD OATHSFUDGE, GEEZ, NUTS, RATS
PARTS OF A RIVERBANK, BED, DELTA, MOUTH
Checked against the official NYT Connections solution

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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.