Subj : NYT Connections today  my hints and answers for Sunday, January 5
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Date : Sun Jan 05 2025 00:15:04

NYT Connections today  my hints and answers for Sunday, January 5 (game #574)

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Sun, 05 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 
#574) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) 

Today's NYT Connections words are STOP GROSS MAKE HOME YIELD VOLUME SLOW 
SNARE QUIET KETTLE NET MUTE EAR SLEEPY OIL CALM NYT Connections today (game 
#574) - hint #1 - group hints 

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Totally chill 
GREEN: Get paid BLUE: TV buttons PURPLE: Bang the . 

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 #574) - hint #2 - group answers 

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: HARDLY 
BUSTLING GREEN: EARN BLUE: REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE 
"DRUM" 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #574) - the answers (Image credit: 
New York Times) 

The answers to today's Connections, game #574, are YELLOW: HARDLY BUSTLING 
CALM, QUIET, SLEEPY, SLOW GREEN: EARN GROSS, MAKE, NET, YIELD BLUE: REMOTE 
CONTROL FUNCTIONS HOME, MUTE, STOP, VOLUME PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "DRUM" EAR, 
KETTLE, OIL, SNARE My rating: Easy My score: 1 mistake 

A very rare Connections for me today, as the first group I got was the purple 
collection of WORDS BEFORE DRUM. I got there after one mistake; I did 
initially think EAR was linked with VOLUME and MUTE, which both turned out to 
be REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS instead. 

Mute is the kind of remote control function I only discover when I press it 
accidentally  usually by sitting on it and usually at some vital moment of 
the final episode of a tense drama  and have to scan the buttons to turn it 
off. I suffer similar issues with Netflix, which I think Im watching with 
subtitles on because Im thoughtful and dont want to disturb anyone, but 
actually Im watching with subtitles on because I cant remember how to turn 
the subtitles off. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, 4 January, 
game #573) 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 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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