Today’s NYT Connection Tips, Answers for December 30, #568

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U The New York Times Connection Puzzle I might starve today. Both the yellow and green categories involve food and drink. But as usual, it is the purple category that could reach you. Or, should I say, could! Get! To! Did you ! (It’s a hint.) Read about today’s Connections prompts and answers.

There is also news in the Connections world. The Times now has a Connect Botlike the one he had for some time for Wordle. Go here after playing to receive a numerical score and have the program analyze your answers. And players who are registered with the Times Games section they can now nerd out following their progressincluding the number of puzzles completed, the win rate, the number of times they got a perfect score and their winning streak.

Read more: Tips, Advice and Strategies to help you win at NYT Connections every time

Suggestions for today’s Connections groups

Here are four suggestions for groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the hard (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group tip: Give me a sub.

Green group advice: Starbucks stuff.

Blue group tip: Fork it over.

Purple group tip: Aggressive scoring.

Answers for today’s connection groups

yellow group: Lunch orders.

Green group: Used to make coffee.

Blue group: Pay, with “up”.

Violet Group: Names with “!”

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are the answers from Connections today?

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The topic is the lunch order. The four answers are club, hero, melt and wrap.

The green words in today’s Connections

The topic is used to make coffee. The four answers are beans, filter, ground and water.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is payment, with “up”. The four answers are ante, cough, pony and settle.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is names with “!” The four answers are Airplane, Jeopardy, Pink and Yahoo.