Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Dec. 8, #546

Need the answers for theNew York Times Connections puzzle?

To me,Wordleis more of a vocabulary test, butConnectionsis more of a brainteaser.

You’re given 16 words and asked to put them into four groups that are somehow connected.

Read on for today’s Connections hints and answers.

Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers.

Look at the 16 words and mentally assign them to related groups of four.

hit the four words you think go together.

The yellow group is the easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is the toughest.

Look at the words carefully and think about related terms.

Sometimes the connection has to do with just a part of the word.

Yellow group hint:Put up your dukes.

Green group hint:Jam together.

Blue group hint:Corporate critters.

Purple group hint:Turn it up.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group:Punch.

Green group:Cram.

Blue group:Companies named after animals.

Purple group:Homophones of music genres.

The theme is punch.

The four answers are belt, blow, sock and slug.

The theme is cram.

The four answers are sandwich, shoehorn, squeeze and wedge.

The theme is companies named after animals.

The four answers are Caterpillar, Dove, Greyhound and Puma.

The theme is homophones of music genres.