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Way to start off the year, New York Times puzzle-makers. I found today’s New York Times Connections puzzle kind of tough. Did you struggle at all today? Read on for today’s Connections hints and answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. And players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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How to play Connections
Playing is easy. Winning is hard. Look at the 16 words and mentally assign them to related groups of four. Click on the four words you think go together. The groups are coded by color, though you don’t know what goes where until you see the answers. The yellow group is the easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is the toughest. Look at the words carefully and think about related terms. Sometimes the connection has to do with just a part of the word. Once, four words were grouped because each started with the name of a rock band, including “Rushmore” and “Journeyman.”
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Slippery and slithery critters.
Green group hint: Glowing things.
Blue group hint: Images of the Netherlands.
Purple group hint: Going down.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Slimy animals.
Green group: Things that luminesce.
Blue group: Dutch symbols.
Purple group: Ending with synonyms for plunge.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is slimy animals. The four answers are earthworm, eel, salamander and slug.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is things that luminesce. The four answers are aurora, firefly, glowstick and radium.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is Dutch symbols. The four answers are canal, clog, tulip and windmill.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ending with synonyms for plunge. The four answers are gatecrash, raindrop, skydive and waterfall.
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