{"id":1209058,"date":"2023-12-05T21:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T02:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1209058"},"modified":"2023-12-05T21:00:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T02:00:19","slug":"todays-nyt-connections-hints-and-answer-for-wednesday-december-6-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1209058","title":{"rendered":"Today&#039;s NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Wednesday, December 6, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a devilish trick in today\u2019s puzzle, so buckle up. If you\u2019re looking for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/games\/connections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Connections<\/a> answer for Wednesday, December 6, 2023, read on\u2014I\u2019ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories. Along the way, I\u2019ll explain the meanings of the trickier words and we\u2019ll learn how everything fits together. <strong>Beware, there are spoilers below for December 6, NYT Connections #178! <\/strong>Read on if you want some hints (and then the answer) to today\u2019s Connections game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day, <a href=\"https:\/\/lifehacker.com\/entertainment\/connections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>bookmark this page<\/u><\/a>. You can also find our past hints there as well, in case you want to know what you missed in a previous puzzle.<\/p>\n<p>Below, I\u2019ll give you some oblique hints at today\u2019s Connections answers. And farther down the page, I\u2019ll reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!<\/p>\n<div class=\"eloquent-imagery-image\">\n<div class=\"flex justify-center\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border border-gray-100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/images-2.fill_.size_2000x1142.v1701809669.jpg\" alt=\"NYT Connections board for December 6, 2023: TAU, ISLAND, NOTE, GEM, STAFF, SCALES, BULL, CAN, CAPITOL, CRAB, REST, VIRGIN, LIB, COLUMBIA, TWINS, CLEF.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1142\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-2\">\n                            <span class=\"mt-2 font-akshar text-sm tracking-wide\" \/><br \/>\n                                        <span class=\"text-xs inline-block text-gray-600\">Credit: Connections\/NYT<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Does today\u2019s Connections game require any special knowledge?<\/h2>\n<p>You\u2019ll want to know your horoscopes for this one. Some musical background wouldn\u2019t hurt, either. And if you are aware of the fact that TAU is a greek letter, you can go ahead and forget that information today. It won\u2019t help you.<\/p>\n<h2>Hints for the themes in today\u2019s Connections puzzle<\/h2>\n<p>Here are some spoiler-free hints for the groupings in today\u2019s Connections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Yellow category &#8211; You might play these on a piano.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Green category &#8211; You might see these in the stars.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Blue category &#8211; You might buy these for your turntable.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Purple category &#8211; The only way you\u2019re going to solve <em>this<\/em> category is by referring to one of the previous categories.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Does today\u2019s Connections game involve any wordplay?<\/h2>\n<p>Oh my, yes. There\u2019s some category-spanning monkey business going on here today. You\u2019ll need to know alternate names for the same category, <em>and<\/em> get a bit creative to even find them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ready to hear the answers? Keep scrolling if you want a little more help.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>BEWARE: Spoilers follow for today\u2019s Connections puzzle!<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019re about to give away some of the answers. Scroll slowly if you don\u2019t want the whole thing spoiled. (The full solution is a bit further down.)<\/p>\n<h3>What are the ambiguous words in today\u2019s Connections?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>TAU is a greek letter, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alz.org\/media\/Documents\/alzheimers-dementia-tau-ts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\"><u>protein that builds up in the brain in Alzheimer\u2019s<\/u><\/a>. Neither of those meanings (or any other meaning) are important today. Just consider it as a syllable on its own.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The VIRGIN and the BULL are both symbols you might see in horoscopes, but they are in different categories from each other today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>You can play SCALES and NOTEs on a piano, but those are in different categories today. Only one refers to music.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>CAPITOL and COLUMBIA can both be cities, but they are also both record labels.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>All of the three-letter words go together today. That\u2019s more of a hint than I usually give you, but you\u2019re probably going to need it.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mx-auto mt-8 w-full max-w-4xl\">\n<div id=\"video-container-MfTsHDYNKtk\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<h3>What are the categories in today\u2019s Connections?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Yellow: FOUND ON SHEET MUSIC<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Green: ZODIAC SYMBOLS<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Blue: RECORD LABELS<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Purple: ZODIAC SIGN BEGINNINGS<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>DOUBLE BEWARE: THE SOLUTION IS BELOW<\/h2>\n<p>Ready to learn the answers to today\u2019s Connections puzzle? I give them all away below.<\/p>\n<h3>What are the yellow words in today\u2019s Connections?<\/h3>\n<p>The yellow grouping is considered to be the most straightforward. The theme for today\u2019s yellow group is FOUND ON SHEET MUSIC and the words are: CLEF, NOTE, REST, STAFF.<\/p>\n<h3>What are the green words in today\u2019s Connections?<\/h3>\n<p>The green grouping is supposed to be the second-easiest. The theme for today\u2019s green category is ZODIAC SYMBOLS and the words are: BULL, CRAB, SCALES, TWINS.<\/p>\n<h3>What are the blue words in today\u2019s Connections?<\/h3>\n<p>The blue grouping is the second-hardest. The theme for today\u2019s blue category is RECORD LABELS and the words are: CAPITOL, COLUMBIA, VIRGIN, ISLAND.<\/p>\n<h3>RWhat are the purple words in today\u2019s Connections?<\/h3>\n<p>The purple grouping is considered to be the hardest. The theme for today\u2019s purple category is ZODIAC SIGN BEGINNINGS and the words are: CAN, GEM, LIB, TAU.<\/p>\n<h2>How I solved today\u2019s Connections<\/h2>\n<p>NOTE, STAFF, REST, and CLEF are all found on sheet music. (I briefly consider SCALES, but that\u2019s not notation.) \ud83d\udfe8<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m stumped here. What is TAU besides the greek letter, or the amyloid protein? After seeing several zodiac signs\u2013SCALES, TWINS, CRAB, VIRGIN, BULL\u2013I have the idle thought that GEM is the first syllable of GEMINI. <em>Wait a minute\u2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CAN, GEM, TAU, LIB are the first syllables of Cancer, Gemini, Taurus, and Libra! \ud83d\udfea Which are, in turn, the CRAB, TWINS, BULL, and SCALES. (VIRGIN can sit this one out.) \ud83d\udfe9<\/p>\n<p>Finally we\u2019re left with CAPITOL, COLUMBIA, VIRGIN, and ISLAND, which are record labels. \ud83d\udfe6<\/p>\n<pre class=\"back border-2 border-gray-400 bg-gray-100 p-4 text-black shadow-md\">Connections\u00a0\n\nPuzzle #178\n\ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe8\n\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea\n\ud83d\udfe9\ud83d\udfe9\ud83d\udfe9\ud83d\udfe9\n\ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe6<\/pre>\n<h2>How to play Connections<\/h2>\n<p>I have a full <a href=\"https:\/\/lifehacker.com\/try-connections-if-you-re-bored-with-wordle-1850534478?rev=1693236802678\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>guide to playing Connections<\/u><\/a>, but here\u2019s a refresher on the rules:<\/p>\n<p>First, find the Connections game either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/games\/connections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">on the New York Times website<\/a> or in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/crosswords\/apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Crossword app<\/a>. You\u2019ll see a game board with 16 tiles, each with one word or phrase. Your job is to select a group of four tiles that have something in common. Often they are all the same type of thing (for example: RAIN, SLEET, HAIL, and SNOW are all types of wet weather) but sometimes there is wordplay involved (for example, BUCKET, GUEST, TOP TEN, and WISH are all types of <em>lists<\/em>: bucket list, guest list, and so on).<\/p>\n<p>Select four items and hit the Submit button. If you guessed correctly, the category and color will be revealed. (Yellow is easiest, followed by green, then blue, then purple.) If your guess was incorrect, you\u2019ll get a chance to try again.<\/p>\n<p>You win when you\u2019ve correctly identified all four groups. But if you make four mistakes before you finish, the game ends and the answers are revealed.<\/p>\n<h2>How to win Connections<\/h2>\n<p>The most important thing to know to win Connections is that the groupings are designed to be tricky. Expect to see overlapping groups. For example, one puzzle seemed to include six breakfast foods: BACON, EGG, PANCAKE, OMELET, WAFFLE, and CEREAL. But BACON turned out to be part of a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.francis-bacon.com\/paintings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">painters<\/a> along with CLOSE, MUNCH, and WHISTLER, and EGG was in a group of things that come by the dozen (along with JUROR, ROSE, and MONTH). So don\u2019t hit \u201csubmit\u201d until you\u2019ve confirmed that your group of four contains <em>only<\/em> those four things.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re stuck, another strategy is to look at the words that seem to have <em>no<\/em> connection to the others. If all that comes to mind when you see WHISTLER is the painting nicknamed <a href=\"https:\/\/philamuseum.org\/calendar\/exhibition\/the-artists-mother-whistler-philadelphia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">\u201cWhistler\u2019s Mother,\u201d<\/a> you might be on to something. When I solved that one, I ended up googling whether there was a painter named Close, because Close didn\u2019t fit any of the obvious themes, either.<\/p>\n<p>Another way to win when you\u2019re stuck is, obviously, to read a few helpful hints\u2013which is why we share these pointers every day. Check back tomorrow for the next puzzle!<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: LifeHacker &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/lifehacker.com\/entertainment\/nyt-connections-answer-today-december-6-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Today&#8217;s NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Wednesday, December 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a devilish trick in today\u2019s puzzle, so buckle up. If you\u2019re looking for the Connections answer for Wednesday, December 6, 2023, read on\u2014I\u2019ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories. 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