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NYT Connections December 21 2024 Answers

Puzzle #559

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

BAND SLEIGH BALONEY PAN BUNK GROUCH CIRCLE CANOPY CROCK O STATUETTE POT RING MURPHY CASSEROLE HOOP

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — LOOP
Green — COOKING VESSELS
Blue — KINDS OF BEDS
Purple — THINGS CALLED “OSCAR”
LOOPBAND, CIRCLE, HOOP, RING
COOKING VESSELSCASSEROLE, CROCK, PAN, POT
KINDS OF BEDSBUNK, CANOPY, MURPHY, SLEIGH
THINGS CALLED “OSCAR”BALONEY, GROUCH, O, STATUETTE
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.