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NYT Connections game #546 was published on Sunday, December 8, 2024. Start with the four hints below if you want a nudge; the category names and complete word groups are farther down, after a clear spoiler warning.
The 16 words in Connections #546
The board contained: SANDWICH, CATERPILLAR, SHOEHORN, SEOUL, SLUG, WRAP, WEDGE, SOCK, PUMA, BELT, METTLE, DOVE, INDY, GREYHOUND, BLOW, and SQUEEZE.
Progressive hints
Try each clue before moving to the next. The full category names and answers follow in the spoiler section.
- Yellow: “So you wanna be a boxer?”
- Green: “No space left”
- Blue: “Branded creatures”
- Purple: “Sounds like sounds”
Spoilers: category names and answers
The four groups and their words are below.
Yellow: PUNCH
BELT, BLOW, SLUG, SOCK.
Green: CRAM
SANDWICH, SHOEHORN, SQUEEZE, WEDGE.
Blue: COMPANIES NAMED AFTER ANIMALS
CATERPILLAR, DOVE, GREYHOUND, PUMA.
Purple: HOMOPHONES OF MUSIC GENRES
INDY (indie), METTLE (metal), SEOUL (soul), WRAP (rap). The spellings are wordplay: each sounds like the name of a music genre.
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Several words invite misleading associations. SLUG may look like it belongs with the animal-named companies, but it completes the PUNCH group. CATERPILLAR is the animal-related company name in the blue set. In the purple set, the words are soundalikes rather than conventional spellings of the genres.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.How Connections works
Connections gives players 16 words to sort into four groups of four. Select four words and submit them as a guess; a wrong group costs a life, and four mistakes end the game.
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This is an archived puzzle, not a current daily board. A December 2024 guide reported that NYT Games or All Access subscribers could use the Connections archive; that historical detail does not establish today’s subscription terms.
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