NYT Connections December 4 2024 Answers
Puzzle #542
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
PAN PINE TREE LEAD CANDLE COMPASS LOOFAH TURNTABLE SHEPHERD ATLAS TOILETRIES ECHO GUIDE SEWING KIT HELEN DIRECT JOHNSON
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — STEER
Green — THINGS WITH NEEDLE/S
Blue — FIGURES IN GREEK MYTH
Purple — STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR LAVATORY
STEERDIRECT, GUIDE, LEAD, SHEPHERD
THINGS WITH NEEDLE/SCOMPASS, PINE TREE, SEWING KIT, TURNTABLE
FIGURES IN GREEK MYTHATLAS, ECHO, HELEN, PAN
STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR LAVATORYCANDLE, LOOFAH, JOHNSON, TOILETRIES
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.