NYT Connections December 26 2024 Answers
Puzzle #564
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
TIDY ALA HANDSOME ELDER SPRUCE LIKE PINE MISS HEALTHY ROUGHLY ARK PALM ABOUT RESPECTABLE ORE AROUND
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — APPROXIMATELY
Green — TREES
Blue — SIZABLE, AS AN AMOUNT
Purple — U.S. STATE ABBREVIATIONS, PER AP STYLE GUIDE
APPROXIMATELYABOUT, AROUND, LIKE, ROUGHLY
TREESELDER, PALM, PINE, SPRUCE
SIZABLE, AS AN AMOUNTHANDSOME, HEALTHY, RESPECTABLE, TIDY
U.S. STATE ABBREVIATIONS, PER AP STYLE GUIDEALA, ARK, MISS, ORE
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