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NYT Connections December 25 2024 Answers

Puzzle #563

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

QUEEN STAR CUPID STRONG RUDOLPH SAGITTARIUS NANNY COMET VIXEN MOON ROBIN HOOD SHANNON HAWKEYE FEY JENNY PLANET

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — CELESTIAL OBJECTS
Green — ARCHERS
Blue — FEMALE ANIMALS
Purple — “S.N.L.” CAST MEMBERS
CELESTIAL OBJECTSCOMET, MOON, PLANET, STAR
ARCHERSCUPID, HAWKEYE, ROBIN HOOD, SAGITTARIUS
FEMALE ANIMALSJENNY, NANNY, QUEEN, VIXEN
“S.N.L.” CAST MEMBERSFEY, RUDOLPH, SHANNON, STRONG
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.