Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Dec. 13, #551

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The New York Times Connections puzzle featured some fun categories today. If you're a fan of different sodas (I'm from Minnesota, where we say "pop"), there's a category for you to sip on. If you've read yourself some J.R.R. Tolkien or George R.R. Martin in your time, there's a different category for you. (One of my favorite stories I've ever written was about how to pronounce "Tolkien.") There's a tech category, and one of those, "Hey, let's play with words and how they sound" groupings. Read on for more clues and the answers to today's Connections puzzle.

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: Game of Thrones characters.

Green group hint: These help people find certain messages.

Blue group hint: Fresca is one.

Purple group hint: Bare and flee are two more.