Leave it to The New York Times to have an addicting yet educational word game to crack! Since “Connections” is one of the publication’s most popular games, the answer for today, December 27, 2024, was a tough one to solve. Luckily, we’ve got the hints and the final answer to today’s puzzle.
“Connections” editor Wyna Liu is familiar with the frustration that players express when they can’t solve a game or two. While speaking with Slate in July 2024, Liu described her process in developing each game.
“The process is I have a notebook where I keep down category ideas. And when I sit down to make boards, I’ll take one of those ideas, I’ll take those words, and then I’ll start spinning off of them,” Liu said. “And then, the boards will be built from that, and sometimes it goes in surprising directions. I feel like that’s sort of one of the most joyful things about making games. I don’t know what the categories are gonna be. I start with like a seed. And then I’m just like, ‘Oh, what does this word do?,’ and then maybe like a dozen categories of possibilities and then you kind of see if any of those words are playing off each other, and the brain builds from that.”
See our hints and find out the answer to today’s “Connections” game below!
How to Play ‘Connections’
“Connections” begins with a set of 16 words in a grid, and players have to separate the words into four related groups. Difficulty categories are marked in the colors yellow, green, blue and purple. Yellow is the easier one, while purple is considered the most difficult.
After a player selects each group’s four words, they click “submit,” which should become the category’s color if it’s correct.
‘Connections’ December 27 Hints
Here are our hints for the December 27, 2024, “Connections” answer:
- People eat these in the morning.
- Something to click or activate by touching it.
- This makes the “honking” sound.
- These are famous people who won a specific award.
What Is the ‘Connections’ December 27 Answer?
The answer to today’s “Connections” game is:
- Breakfast Sides: Bacon, Grits, Hash, Toast
- Pushes, as a Button: Clicks, Hits, Presses, Taps
- They Have a Horn: Africa, Bugler, Car, Unicorn
- Oscar-winning Actors: Bridges, Irons, Phoenix, Washington