Subj : NYT Connections today  my hints and answers for Saturday, January
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Date : Sat Jan 18 2025 00:15:05

NYT Connections today  my hints and answers for Saturday, January 18 (game 
#587)

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Sat, 18 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 
#587) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) 

Today's NYT Connections words are LABEL SPINE PAGE TIDE URGE STICKER TRACK 
SPUR CORNER ARTIST DRIVE TABLES ITCH THORN ALBUM IMPULSE NYT Connections 
today (game #587) - hint #1 - group hints 

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Constant 
craving GREEN: Sharp point BLUE: Sleevenotes PURPLE: Start of a phrase in 
common 

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 #587) - hint #2 - group answers 

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: DESIRE 
GREEN: BARB BLUE: INFO ON A RECORD PURPLE: TURN THE ___ 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #587) - the answers (Image credit: 
New York Times) 

The answers to today's Connections, game #587, are YELLOW: DESIRE DRIVE, 
IMPULSE, ITCH, URGE GREEN: BARB SPINE, SPUR, STICKER, THORN BLUE: INFO ON A 
RECORD ALBUM, ARTIST, LABEL, TRACK PURPLE: TURN THE ___ CORNER, PAGE, TABLES, 
TIDE My rating: Hard My score: 2 mistakes 

There are times with Connections where you dont see a common theme among more 
than a couple of the 16 words. Other times theres an overabundance of 
similitude, as was the case today. 

I struggled with two groups. I immediately thought vinyl records was the link 
to blue, INFO ON A RECORD, but they also include a SPINE, so I initially 
placed one there. 

Meanwhile, I wasted another mistake thinking SPUR  as in spur of the moment  
belonged with URGE, IMPULSE, and ITCH, whereas it was instead part of the 
BARB group with STICKER, THORN and the aforementioned SPINE. 

These niggles are, of course, the reason why Connections is such good fun to 
solve. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, 17 January, game #586) 
YELLOW: FRANKFURTER BANGER, BRAT, LINK, SAUSAGE GREEN: STRIKE BOP, HIT, 
KNOCK, TAP BLUE: WEB BROWSERS CHROME, EDGE, OPERA, SAFARI PURPLE: ENDING WITH 
BEER BRANDS AUTOHARP, CONTRABASS, PEPPERONI, ROSEBUD 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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