Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Dec. 30, #568

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The New York Times Connections puzzle might make you hungry today. Both the yellow and green categories involve food and drink. But as usual, it’s the purple category that might get to you. Or, should I say, might! Get! To! You! (That’s a hint.) Read on for today’s Connections hints and answers.

There’s also news in the Connections world. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one it’s had for some time for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. And players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

Hints for today’s Connections groups

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

Yellow group hint: Gimme a sub.

Green group hint: Starbucks stuff.

Blue group hint: Fork it over.

Purple group hint: Aggressive punctuation.