Subj : NYT Connections today  my hints and answers for Saturday, January
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Date : Sat Jan 04 2025 00:15:06

NYT Connections today  my hints and answers for Saturday, January 4 (game 
#573)

Date:
Sat, 04 Jan 2025 00:02:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to 
solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

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Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that 
challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so 
read on if you need clues. 

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of 
course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and 
answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today 
page covers the original viral word game. 

 SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't 
read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Connections today (game 
#573) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) 

Today's NYT Connections words are CHECK CLOCK CRUMPLE CROSS HOOK TICK BUCKLE 
ANT BALL STRIKE MELTING WAD SNAP SCRUNCH BRANCH CLIP NYT Connections today 
(game #573) - hint #1 - group hints 

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Ready for the 
trash GREEN: Belt up BLUE: All done PURPLE: Classic Salvador 

Need more clues? 

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what 
the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles NYT 
Connections today (game #573) - hint #2 - group answers 

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: CRUSH INTO A 
COMPACT SHAPE GREEN: FASTENERS BLUE: MARK AS COMPLETED PURPLE: DEPICTED IN 
DAL'S "THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY" 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #573) - the answers (Image credit: 
New York Times) 

The answers to today's Connections, game #573, are YELLOW: CRUSH INTO A 
COMPACT SHAPE BALL, CRUMPLE, SCRUNCH, WAD GREEN: FASTENERS BUCKLE, CLIP, 
HOOK, SNAP BLUE: MARK AS COMPLETED CHECK, CROSS, STRIKE, TICK PURPLE: 
DEPICTED IN DAL'S "THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY" ANT, BRANCH, CLOCK, MELTING My 
rating: Hard My score: 3 mistakes 

Because its early January I am big into making to-do lists at the moment, so 
I quickly got the blue group MARK AS COMPLETED . 

Incidentally, when you write a to-do list do you sometimes add something 
youve already done so that you can cross it off? Or is that just me? 

Anyway, the other three groups were less straightforward. I went down a blind 
alley thinking SNAP, CRUMPLE, BUCKLE were to do with someone giving up, which 
I nearly did before earning myself a phew! after I thought belts could be the 
connecting theme for FASTENERS. 

Meanwhile, we could have played Connections until next New Years Ever before 
I got todays Purple foursome. Fezs off and flamboyant mustaches twizzled to 
anyone who got DEPICTED IN DAL'S "THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY". Yesterday's NYT 
Connections answers (Friday, 3 January, game #572) YELLOW: PARTS OF A FOOT 
ARCH, BALL, HEEL, SOLE GREEN: ONE DOLLAR BUCK, CLAM, SINGLE, SMACKER BLUE: 
KINDS OF MUSHROOMS BUTTON, MOREL, OYSTER, TRUMPET PURPLE: POT BELLY, HOLE, 
LUCK, STICKER What is NYT Connections? 

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the 
New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share 
something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green 
is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually 
very difficult. 

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as 
you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, 
you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing 
room. 

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there 
are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For 
instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise 
the answers. 

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.



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