Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Dec. 14 #917
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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is strange in that the purple category, usually the hardest, was the easiest — if you’re familiar with a certain group of fictional animals. If you need help sorting them into groups, you’ve come to the right place. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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Tips for Today’s Connections Groups
Here are four clues for today’s Connections puzzle groupings, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group index: Butter.
Green group index: Like The Little Match Girl.
Blue group index: Letter that makes no sound.
Purple group index:Oink!
Answers for Today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Lay it down thick.
Green Group: Figures by Hans Christian Anderson.
Blue group: “L” silent.
Purple group: Fictional pigs.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The NYT Connections puzzle completed by December 14, 2025.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is to expand on it. The four responses are wild, flatter, gushing and complimentary.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is the figures of Hans Christian Anderson. The four answers are the duck, the emperor, the mermaid and the princess.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is silent “L”. The four answers are calf, chalk, colonel and will.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is fictional pigs. The four answers are Babe, Napoleon, Piglet and Porky.
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