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Date : Wed Jan 08 2025 00:15:05

NYT Connections today  my hints and answers for Wednesday, January 8 (game 
#577)

Date:
Wed, 08 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 
#577) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) 

Today's NYT Connections words are PICK MEMORY LIMB BISCUIT TRUNK DRUMSTICK 
CORN BRANCH EAR WING STAINED BOW LINCOLN MALLET TUSK DIVISION NYT Connections 
today (game #577) - hint #1 - group hints 

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Departments 
GREEN: Play a tune with these BLUE: Think Dumbo PURPLE: 00s rock groups 

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 #577) - hint #2 - group answers 

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: SECTION 
GREEN: ACCESSORIES FOR PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT BLUE: DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF AN 
ELEPHANT PURPLE: WORDS MISSPELLED IN NU METAL BAND NAMES 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #577) - the answers (Image credit: 
New York Times) 

The answers to today's Connections, game #577, are YELLOW: SECTION BRANCH, 
DIVISION, LIMB, WING GREEN: ACCESSORIES FOR PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT BOW, 
DRUMSTICK, MALLET, PICK BLUE: DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF AN ELEPHANT EAR, 
MEMORY, TRUNK, TUSK PURPLE: WORDS MISSPELLED IN NU METAL BAND NAMES BISCUIT, 
CORN, LINCOLN, STAINED My rating: Moderate My score: 2 mistakes 

The first thing I thought when I saw LIMB and BISCUIT beside each other on 
the grid was that would be a good name for a rap-rock covers band, but did I 
think it could be a Connections group? No I did not. I just thought it was 
one of their jokes. 

Instead, I convinced myself that DRUMSTICK, CORN, PICK and BISCUIT were all 
things youd find at a KFC. Which is sort of true, although that wouldnt be a 
particularly exciting order. 

I saw sense in the end after spotting the four words that made up SECTION and 
ACCESSORIES FOR PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT, but still got DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF 
AN ELEPHANT ahead of Nu Metal misspellings. Yesterday's NYT Connections 
answers (Tuesday, 7 January, game #576) YELLOW: VOCAL MUSIC A CAPPELLA, 
BARBERSHOP, DOO-WOP, MADRIGAL GREEN: A HANDFUL OF A FEW, CERTAIN, SOME, 
VARIOUS BLUE: BOOK SUBTITLES A LIFE, A NOVEL, ESSAYS, PART ONE PURPLE: _ IS _ 
(IS _) A DEAL, A ROSE, ENOUGH, LOVE 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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