Subj : NYT Connections today  my hints and answers for Monday, January 2
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Date : Mon Jan 20 2025 00:15:04

NYT Connections today  my hints and answers for Monday, January 20 (game #589)

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Mon, 20 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 
#589) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) 

Today's NYT Connections words are COOKIE BEAR SPINACH SHOULDER CROOK ANCHOR 
ELBOW CHEAT PIPE HANDLE BEND FOREARM FITTED ANGLE ASSUME BALANCE NYT 
Connections today (game #589) - hint #1 - group hints 

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Control the 
situation GREEN: You go around these PURPLE: Add a word that rhymes with neat 
BLUE: Musclebound sailorman 

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 #589) - hint #2 - group answers 

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: TAKE ON, AS 
A RESPONSIBILITY GREEN: CORNERS PURPLE: SHEET BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH POPEYE 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #589) - the answers (Image credit: 
New York Times) 

The answers to today's Connections, game #589, are YELLOW: TAKE ON, AS A 
RESPONSIBILITY ASSUME, BEAR, HANDLE, SHOULDER GREEN: CORNERS ANGLE, BEND, 
CROOK, ELBOW PURPLE: SHEET BALANCE, CHEAT, COOKIE, FITTED BLUE: ASSOCIATED 
WITH POPEYE ANCHOR, FOREARM, PIPE, SPINACH My rating: Hard My score: 3 
mistakes 

SPINACH will forever be ASSOCIATED WITH POPEYE  the leafy veg giving him 
superhuman strength and giving parents across the generations an example of 
why you should eat your greens. But I could have looked at the other three 
words forever and Id have never got the link  FOREARM?  congratulations to 
anyone who worked out that one. 

Interestingly, bicep tears or ruptures caused by people attempting to mirror 
his bulging muscles are called Popeye Deformity. What a legacy. 

Meanwhile, before wrestling with Purple and Blue, I got obsessed thinking one 
group of words had to be about plumbing and although you can get pipes that 
come in an ELBOW shape and SHOULDER sounded like a specialized type of PIPE 
too, I was overthinking the obvious CORNERS. Yesterday's NYT Connections 
answers (Sunday, 19 January, game #588) YELLOW: FUND KITTY, POOL, POT, PURSE 
GREEN: COURT FILING ACTION, CASE, CLAIM, SUIT BLUE: LANDFORMS BASIN, BLUFF, 
CAPE, PLAIN PURPLE: THEY HAVE RAYS AQUARIUM, GEOMETRY, SUN, TAMPA BAY 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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