NYT Connections December 22 2024 Answers
Puzzle #560
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
STATS CROWN ABBOTT ELEMENTARY NUN KEY DOME ABBA LAUREL MONK COCONUT FRY SKULL BONES KAYAK KOJAK
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — SLANG FOR HEAD
Green — PALINDROMES
Blue — POLICE PROCEDURALS
Purple — FIRST IN A COMEDY DUO
SLANG FOR HEADCOCONUT, CROWN, DOME, SKULL
PALINDROMESABBA, KAYAK, NUN, STATS
POLICE PROCEDURALSBONES, ELEMENTARY, KOJAK, MONK
FIRST IN A COMEDY DUOABBOTT, FRY, KEY, LAUREL
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.