Here are the answers for the New York Times (NYT) Connections puzzle #202 today, released on December 30th, 2023, and some hints to help you solve them.
New York Times have a variety of puzzle games available for their readers and there are new puzzles to play on a daily basis. One of these games is called Connections.
The rules of the game are simple for Connections. There are sixteen words for players to sort into four groups of four words that share something in common.
Once you think you have figured out a group, simply click on the four words and click on submit to see if you got it right. You are allowed to get 4 mistakes to solve the puzzle.
Each group is assigned a colour, which shows how easy it should be to group it from yellow, being straightforward, to purple, tricky.

If you’re struggling with today’s NYT Connections answers, we’ve included some hints to help you out. If that’s not enough, we have the answers too.
The sixteen words for the Connection puzzle are:
- PANDA
- BEAR
- SAND
- STRING
- SPEED
- TRAIN
- DESERT
- WIND
- ORCA
- DOVE
- SKINK
- BASS
- TOURIST
- CHAIN
- ZEBRA
- SERIES

Connections 202 Group Hints Today (December 30th, 2023)
We know some of you would prefer to have hints for the solution today instead of seeing the answer, so we’ve provided some below to help you out.
- Hint 1: The straightforward group for today is “BLACK-AND-WHITE ANIMALS”.
- Hint 2: SERIES and STRING are in the same group.
- Hint 3: One of the groups are words that come before the word “TRAP”
- Hint 4: BASS and WIND are in the same group.
What are the Connections 202 Answers Today? (12/30/23)
- BLACK-AND-WHITE ANIMALS – ORCA, PANDA, SKUNK, ZEBRA

- SEQUENCE – CHAIN, SERIES, STRING, TRAIN

- HETERONYMS – BASS, DOVE, DESERT, WIND

- ___ TRAP – BEAR, SAND, SPEED, TOURIST

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