As difficult as it might be to believe, today’s entire NYT Connections puzzle took just about a minute to solve. If you want the same luck, then keep reading as we break down all the hints, categories, and answers for Connections for December 5.
Hint for Today’s Connections Themes
Let’s begin with some quick hints for the Connections themes today. Check them out and see if you can guess any of them.
- Yellow Category – King Kong is this
- Green Category – One store, many journeys
- Blue Category – Not every TV show sounds dark
- Purple Category – A word follows all of these
Additional Hint: Do you like to read?
We wish we could go into more detail here, but these hints are the best we can share. They are all related to the categories for the puzzle, so think long and hard before you scroll down below to see the exact category names. However, if you still can’t find them and need more help, try these tricks to solve NYT Connections.
Spoiler Warning #1
While this section included hints for the categories, the next section names them directly. Don’t scroll if you don’t want to know.
Today’s Connections Category Names
If you still can’t figure out the NYT Connections category names, then keep reading for more help.
- Yellow – ENORMOUS
- Green – BOOKSTORE SECTIONS
- Blue – TV SHOWS WITH HAPPY-SOUNDING NAMES
- Purple – _ _ _ CRANE
We hope you can guess the words under each category now. However, If you still cannot and need more help, keep reading.
Spoiler Warning #2 The next section includes the answer for today’s puzzle; you will see all the answers in their categories. This is your last chance to solve Connections yourself.
Connections Answer for December 5
Are you still stuck with the puzzle? In that case, the answers to today’s Connections are:
- ENORMOUS – Big, Giant, Great, Huge
- BOOKSTORE SECTIONS – Fiction, Humor, Poetry, Travel
- TV SHOWS WITH HAPPY-SOUNDING NAMES – Cheers, Euphoria, Felicity, Glee
- _ _ _ CRANE – Construction, Fraiser, Paper, Whooping
Would you believe me if I told you I actually solved the entire NYT Connections puzzle today in under a minute or, well, two minutes at the max? I started by quickly getting the Green category, which is hardly a surprise since I am a voracious reader.
It is now time I admit I did have help since I have little idea about TV Shows. So, to speed things up, co-workers helped me nail down the Blue category quickly. I then proceeded to the Yellow category, which was quite easy and typical.
With only four words left, which I did not know of, I connected them all to the Purple category and got the NYT Connections for December 5.
NYT Connections Past Answers
We hope the answers above helped you solve the NYT Connections puzzle for today. However, if you stumbled here by accident, there’s a chance you might be looking for answers to previous puzzles.
Well, for such times and more, we have you covered. Feel free to go through our directory to NYT Connections for the last three days for all the help you need.
What about you? How was your experience with today’s puzzle? Where did you get stuck if you did? Let us know in the comments below.
Sagnik Das Gupta
