NYT Connections today — my hints and answers for Friday, January 3 (game #572)
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.
Today's NYT Connections words are…
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
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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…
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What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
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The answers to today's Connections, game #572, are…
Connections played a nice trick today with OYSTER and CLAM making me think there had to be a seafood group – so I convinced myself that SMACKER and MOREL were types of mollusk. They are not.
Putting this error to one side, I managed to connect the PARTS OF A FOOT. Then, once I remembered that CLAM is slang for money and MOREL was actually a mushroom then the other three groups fell into place.
A satisfying teasing out of semi-useless knowledge.
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
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