Get NYT Connections Hints for December 13, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #551, including word connections and hidden categories.
As a fellow word puzzle enthusiast, I've designed these hints to be progressive to preserve your enjoyment of the game. Please reveal them in order, starting from the top. While official hints and answers are available at the bottom, I strongly encourage you to think through each connection yourself before checking them.
PHISH: While humans worry about phishing scams, fish worry about human fishing. Who's really scamming who in this food chain?
Often featured in mythological stories and folklore
Magical creatures of varying sizes
Fantasy creatures
LINKS: Humans pride themselves on making connections, but sausage links have mastered the art of staying together through thick and thin.
Related to message management
Different states of digital correspondence
Email folders
SPRITE: While people refresh themselves with Sprite, actual sprites are offended by this carbonated appropriation of their magical identity.
Some popular carbonated drink brands
Fizzy and sparkly connections
Citrus sodas
DRAGON: Dragons are annoyed that humans keep depicting them as treasure hoarders when they're actually just passionate mineral collectors with a fire-breathing hobby.
Each word could be used as both noun and verb
Common terms with nautical or digital interpretations
Animal homophones
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Hint: Fantasy creatures
Hint: Email folders
Hint: Citrus sodas
Hint: Animal homophones