Subj : NYT Connections today  my hints and answers for Monday, January 2
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Date : Mon Jan 27 2025 00:15:06

NYT Connections today  my hints and answers for Monday, January 27 (game #596)

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Mon, 27 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 
#596) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) 

Today's NYT Connections words are OLIVE TYPEWRITER EXTRA SAMPLE BARK BITE AXE 
SCALES TWINS OIL SHELL VIRGIN TASTE HEDGE MAZE SKIN MOUTHFUL NYT Connections 
today (game #596) - hint #1 - group hints 

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Snack-size 
GREEN: Outer layer BLUE: Cook with this PURPLE: Heres Johnny! 

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 #596) - hint #2 - group answers 

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: SMALL AMOUNT 
OF FOOD TO TRY GREEN: PROTECTIVE COVERINGS IN NATURE BLUE: "EXTRA VIRGIN 
OLIVE OIL" PURPLE: SEEN IN "THE SHINING" 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #596) - the answers (Image credit: 
New York Times) 

The answers to today's Connections, game #596, are YELLOW: SMALL AMOUNT OF 
FOOD TO TRY BITE, MOUTHFUL, SAMPLE, TASTE GREEN: PROTECTIVE COVERINGS IN 
NATURE BARK, SCALES, SHELL, SKIN BLUE: "EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL" EXTRA, OIL, 
OLIVE, VIRGIN PURPLE: SEEN IN "THE SHINING" AXE, HEDGE MAZE, TWINS, 
TYPEWRITER My rating: Hard My score: 3 mistakes 

My suspicion that Connections will always be playing mind tricks is such that 
when I saw the words EXTRA, VIRGIN, OLIVE, and OIL on the grid, I thought, 
yes, very clever Connections, Im not falling for your trap. 

But I did fall for it, refusing to play the obvious when that was the 
connection after all! Well, until the point when there was no alternative. 

As for SEEN IN "THE SHINING"  thats fun and could be the start of a new party 
game naming classic films in four words. Although some you could get in two  
for instance SHOWER and BLOOD or SHARK and BOAT. 

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below. Yesterday's NYT 
Connections answers (Sunday, 26 January, game #595) YELLOW: WAYS TO GET FOOD 
FARM, FISH, GATHER, HUNT GREEN: KEEP APART CLOISTER, SECLUDE, SEPARATE, SILO 
BLUE: PARTS OF A BIG RIG AXLES, HITCH, TRACTOR, TRAILER PURPLE: DANCE EVENTS 
PLUS A LETTER BALLY, DISCOG, PROMO, RAVEN 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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