Today’s ‘Connections’ Hints And Answers For Saturday, December 9 - Forbes

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Hey, folks! Welcome to the weekend. I have a few errands to take care of, but after that I intend to take things as easily as possible and recharge before I go travelling over the holidays. Several video games are beckoning me, so let’s get down to business.

Today’s Connections hints and answers are coming right up.

How To Play Connections

In Connections, you’re presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like horror movie franchises, a type of verb or rappers.

There’s only one solution for each puzzle, and you’ll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them.

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is typically the hardest one to deduce. The purple group often involves wordplay, so bear that in mind.

Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you’re incorrect, you’ll lose a life. If you’re close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you’re one word away from getting it right, but you’ll still need to figure out which one to swap.

If you make four mistakes, it’s game over. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen with the help of some hints, and, if you’re really struggling, today’s Connections answers.

Connections Hints For December 9

Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.

Today’s 16 words are:

NAIL
SHAKE
RICE
PEANUT
NOTE
FLOAT
PALM
SCREW
FINGERS
OLIVE
BOLT
SPLIT
CORN
RIVET
WICKET
SUNDAE

And the clues for today’s groups are:

Yellow group — cold desserts
Green group — used to secure fixtures and fittings
Blue group — often essential fats found in the kitchen
Purple group — Harry and Marv, the Wet Bandits in Home Alone, rebranded themselves as the ___ Bandits in the sequel

Connections Groups For December 9

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Today’s groups are...

Yellow group — ice cream treats
Green group — hardware fasteners
Blue group — kinds of cooking oil
Purple group — sticky ____

Connections Answers For December 9

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Today’s Connections answers are...

Yellow group — ice cream treats (FLOAT, SHAKE, SPLIT, SUNDAE)
Green group — hardware fasteners (BOLT, NAIL, RIVET, SCREW)
Blue group — kinds of cooking oil (CORN, OLIVE, PALM, PEANUT)
Purple group — sticky ____ (FINGERS, NOTE, RICE, WICKET)

I scored a perfect game today. That takes me up to two wins in a row.

If you think my attention isn’t immediately going to be drawn to an array of ice cream-based treats, you’d be sadly mistaken. Yellows, done. The green group was up next, since that felt straightforward enough.

That did leave me in the unfortunate position of having the blues and purples left. Fortunately, the phrase “sticky fingers” sprang to mind, which helped me take care of the purple group. That left only the blues to wrap things up.

That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for hints and the solution for Sunday’s game if you need them.

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