Are you looking for a hint that will assist you with today’s December 27 Connections puzzle? Connecting the correct groups of words in today’s Connections puzzle isn’t straightforward, so don’t feel bad if you need assist. This guide will assist you on your way.
Connections is a word puzzle published daily by the New York Times (NYT), host of the wildly popular Wordle Puzzle. Created daily by puzzle creator Wyna Liu, Connections presents a selection of 16 seemingly disparate words that you have to group into four sets of four words, with each group of four words sharing a common theme.
It’s a plain premise, but as many of us here know, Connections can be fiendishly tough at times, filled to the brim with red herrings, misleading words, and little-known tidbits. If you’re having trouble solving today’s Connection puzzle, this guide will assist you find the answers for Friday, December 27, 2024.
Below we present some carefully crafted tips and tricks for today’s Connections, then reveal the four different groups, and finally the Connections themselves answer for those who are tired of wondering how it all fits together.
In this guide:
Connection tips for Friday, December 27
Here’s a hint for each word group in today’s Connections puzzle, plus a few other Connections clues to assist you find the answer.
Our connection tips today are:
- Yellow (easiest): You can eat it in the morning.
- Green (straightforward): You’ll need them to employ the elevator.
- Blue (medium): Think of an object that has each of these words.
- Purple (hardest): They won an Oscar.
- Bonus tip 1: What is another name for the Somali Peninsula in northeastern Africa?
- Bonus tip 2: There are four names on this list and they belong to the same group.
If you’re looking for more Connections tips today to assist narrow down your answers, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word from each group:
Yellow (easiest):
Hashish
Green (straightforward):
Auscultation
Blue (medium):
Africa
Purple (hardest):
Bridges
What are today’s Connections words?
Here are 16 connection words for today:
| Auscultation | Unicorn | Bonds | Bacon |
| Presses | Phoenix | Car | Trumpeter |
| Bridges | Africa | Toast | Washington |
| Grits | Hits | Hashish | Clicks |
What are today’s Connections groups like?
If you need even more guidance to solve today’s Connections puzzle, below we’ll reveal the four correct Connection groups – the themes that connect each set of four words in the Connections grid together.
Here are today’s Connections groups:
- Breakfast sides
- Push As Button
- They have a horn
- Oscar-winning actors
Now that you know the reasoning behind the different connections in today’s puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check out the full answer below.
Spoiler alert! The answer to today’s Connections offer is before us!
What are today’s answers on Connections?
Here are the full answers to today’s Connection puzzle on Friday, December 27:
- Breakfast additions: Bacon, Groats, Hash, Toast
- Presses as a button: Clicks, hits, presses, taps
- They have a horn: Africa, Trumpet Player, Car, Unicorn
- Oscar-winning actors: Bridges, irons, Phoenix, Washington
So the Phoenix and the Unicorn don’t go together after all… I’d say the best way to solve today’s Connection puzzle is to match the three easier groups and avoid bothering with the one with the horn. Of course, once you realize it, it becomes obvious, but “horn” is not the first thing you think of when you read the words “car” or “Africa”.
Congratulations if you answered today’s Connections question correctly, with or without the assist of our helpful tips above! And if you didn’t succeed today, don’t worry – a fresh Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle.
What is Connections?
Connections is one of the most popular daily puzzle games published by the New York Times (owner of Wordle). The goal of Connections is to group the 16 words of the day into four groups, with each group of four words having a common theme.
For example, the words “Hook”, “Nana”, “Peter”, and “Wendy” are all Peter Pan characters. Let’s take another example: “Action”, “Ballpark”, “Go” and “Stick” are words that usually appear right before the word “Figure”.
Your job is to guess what themes connect the different words together – but be careful because most of the time red herrings are deliberately placed there to confuse you! To win the game you must find all four connections without making 4 mistakes. On the fourth mistake, the game ends and the answer is revealed automatically.
Each of the four groups in the daily Connection puzzle is also assigned a different color to represent how straightforward or tough it is to find the Connection. These colors are: yellow (easiest), green (straightforward), blue (medium), and purple (hardest).
That concludes today’s guide to solving the NYT Connections word puzzle. If you’re looking for assist with Wordle, we’ve prepared a list of previous Wordle answers, as well as a Wordle tip and answer for Friday, December 27. You can also check out our list of the best starting words for Wordle or employ our Wordle Solver to assist you find the answer with ease!
