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?

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…

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

The answers to today's Connections, game #578, are…

It’s an odd feeling getting the purple group second, and not one I’ve experienced often. “FROM SEA TO SHINING sea” felt almost too obvious – like, yellow-group obvious.

My first thought about today’s words was Stephen King novels – IT, The SHINING, The STAND – and that’s as far as I got before seeing the LAST WORDS IN “AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL” and DOG COMMANDS.

VENDOR’S SPOT AT A MARKET didn’t include the best one – blanket on the floor, the spot most often deployed by someone who doesn’t have an official spot at the market. There’s a Saturday market near me where another “spot” comes into play – opened suitcase on top of a dustbin. This is a style of selling that’s exclusive to perfumes of dubious provenance, the suitcase necessary for speedy departures. Best to stick to sellers with a BOOTH, STALL, STAND or TABLE.

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It

Read more on techradar.com

All news from techradar.com

About this in other media

NYT Connections today — my hints and answers for Thursday, January 23 (game #592) techradar.com /2 weeks ago

NYT Connections today — my hints and answers for Wednesday, January 22 (game #591) techradar.com /2 weeks ago

NYT Connections today — my hints and answers for Tuesday, January 21 (game #590) techradar.com /3 weeks ago

The website gamebastion.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

04.02 / 12:21

Apple Apple Music slashes subscription price in limited-time offer- Details

Apple Music has unveiled a new limited-time offer that makes subscribing to the music streaming service even more enticing. New and eligible users in the US can now access six months of Apple Music for only $2.99, a promotion designed to celebrate Kendrick Lamar's upcoming Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show performance on February 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. In addition, his "Road to Halftime" collection is now available on the platform, making this deal even more appealing for music lovers.

04.02 / 12:21

UPS Provident Apple How to stop your MacBook from booting automatically when you open the lid or plug in

04.02 / 12:21

Progressive Apple Music Lenskart launches Phonic Smart Glasses with Bluetooth, audio, and voice assistant features- All details

04.02 / 12:21

Mobile Provident These Samsung Galaxy series no longer get security updates: Check if yours is on this list

04.02 / 12:17

UPS TikTok This 4090-equipped water-cooled copper PC 'looks like a steam engine' and I'm in love

04.02 / 12:17

UPS CEO NVIDIA 'Put them on the slides': How Jensen Huang invented and then announced Nvidia's DLSS AI upscaling tech in just two weeks

04.02 / 11:51

Nintendo Nintendo Switch Sells 150.86 Million Units

04.02 / 11:51

Nintendo Super Mario Party Jamboree Has Sold 6.17 Million Units

04.02 / 11:51

PC Xbox Series X Microsoft ID@Xbox Showcase Set for February 24

04.02 / 11:51

Nintendo The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Sells 3.14 Million, Mario and Luigi: Brothership at 1.4 Million

04.02 / 11:51

Nintendo Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Has Sold 67.35 Million Units

04.02 / 11:39

Ubisoft Booking Progressive Reddit Assassin's Creed Shadows Art Book Leaks on a Hentai Site, of All Places

04.02 / 11:35

Party UPS Software Sony Nintendo Nintendo Switch 2 has some big shoes to fill as the original Switch officially surpasses 150 million lifetime sales

04.02 / 11:35

UPS Nintendo Former PlayStation boss is hoping for ‘something that is still hidden to us’ to be revealed in the Nintendo Switch 2 direct to make the console more exciting

04.02 / 11:35

UPS The next ID@Xbox showcase is scheduled to take place later this month

04.02 / 11:25

Twitter War Helldivers 2’s First Big Update of 2025 Lets You Emote While Ragdolling Once Again, Tweaks Balance, and More

04.02 / 11:25

Strategy UPS Nintendo Civilization 7 Dev Firaxis Remains Coy on Nintendo Switch 2 ‘Mouse’ Joy-Con

04.02 / 11:21

Fireshine Games appoints Brian Foote as CEO

04.02 / 11:13

Action RPG Adventure Coridden Review – A unique and highly-enjoyable co-op adventure

04.02 / 10:59

RPG PC Xbox One PS4 PS5 Indie mystery exploration You, too, can cosplay poverty with this €159 Disco Elysium carrier bag

04.02 / 10:59

RPG Indie Metroidvania Open world platformer exploration Forgotton Anne follow-up Forgotlings is a gorgeous jaunt into a mountain full of adorable weirdos - and it has a demo

04.02 / 10:59

RPG PC Strategy Horror Fantasy Whispers Of The Eyeless, the strategy RPG from the modder behind Total War: Warhammer's most legendary overhaul, is out now in early access

04.02 / 10:59

Strategy Indie Card Games Horror Roots Devour's demo harbours the seeds of a brilliant horror card RPG

04.02 / 09:07

Puzzle boxing Today's Connections Hints & Answers For February 05, 2025 (Puzzle #605)

04.02 / 08:37

Battlefield Need for Speed Developer Criterion Games Fully Working on Battlefield, but Racing Franchise Will Return

04.02 / 08:09

(For Southeast Asia) PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for February: Payday 3, Sol Cresta, Pac-Man World Re-Pac

04.02 / 07:11

Nintendo Switch worldwide sales top 150.86 million, Super Mario Party Jamboree tops 6.17 million

04.02 / 05:45

Harrison Ford Failed To Get Mark Ruffalo’s Advice for Red Hulk

04.02 / 05:35

Provident GTA 6 leaked weather effects leave fans stunned as release date speculation grows amid delay concerns

04.02 / 05:17

PC Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Topped Weekly US Sales Charts on PC Launch

04.02 / 05:17

Battlefield PC Xbox Series X PS5 Need for Speed Will Return, but Criterion is Currently Focused on Battlefield – EA

04.02 / 05:17

PC Xbox Series X PS5 Dragon’s Dogma 2 Hits 3.5 Million Units Sold

04.02 / 05:17

Batman: Arkham Shadow Crosses 1 Million Players

04.02 / 05:17

PC Xbox One Xbox Series X PS4 PS5 Sniper Elite: Resistance Debuts on Top of Weekly UK Retail Charts

04.02 / 04:37

RPG UPS Sony Mass Effect 5 Already Has One Big Advantage Over Dragon Age, But Can BioWare Deliver?

04.02 / 04:37

Platform Fighting UPS Roblox: All Active Fruit Reborn Codes (February 2025)

04.02 / 04:37

Battlefield Fighting boxing All Active Anime Royale Codes (February 2025)

04.02 / 04:37

UPS Ark: Survival Ascended - Best Premium Mods For February 2025

04.02 / 04:11

Puzzle Racing UPS boxing Today's Wordle answer for Tuesday, February 4

04.02 / 02:59

Dreams UPS One of the hottest demos on Steam right now is an Escape from Tarkov parody survival shooter with ducks: "Loot, escape, build, and eventually become a mighty bird soldier"

04.02 / 02:59

Software Sony Nintendo Sony veteran Shuhei Yoshida reveals PlayStation's first video game: an FMV space shooter for Nintendo that was "almost finished"

04.02 / 02:59

Wii Nintendo Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto once asked ex-PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida his thoughts on Star Fox Zero on Wii U, and well, we've all been there: "Should I say my honest reaction?"

04.02 / 02:59

UPS Nintendo Ex-PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida says Switch 2 "could have been a larger reveal" and "the only surprise to me was that mice thing that they showed"

04.02 / 02:45

Platform Strategy Digital Crowdfunding Campaigns of the Week – 2/3/25

04.02 / 02:23

Platform RPG Racing UPS Extreme AU Deals: A Hundred Off a Switch OLED, Cheaper Black Ops 6, an Erdtree Trimmed Down, and More!

04.02 / 02:15

Action Digital boxing Sankranthiki Vasthunam OTT release: Venkatesh Daggubati’s action film continues to break records, may stream online on…

04.02 / 02:15

Platform UPS boxing Marco's OTT release date: Unni Mukundan’s blockbuster movie may get additional scenes, to stream on…

04.02 / 01:21

Mobile UPS Nintendo Reddit Animal Crossing Pocket Camp Complete Has Increased In Price, Some Fans Believe It Isn't Worth It

04.02 / 01:21

Fighting UPS Mortal Kombat 1: How To Find & Beat Floyd (Secret Fight)

04.02 / 01:21

Simulation UPS Sony MLB The Show 25 Release Date, Preorders, Platforms, & Cover Athletes

04.02 / 01:21

Fallout UPS 10 Facts You Might Not Know About Fallout 4’s Companions

04.02 / 00:59

Fallout Alleged Fallout season 2 set photo reveals the return of New Vegas' beloved roadside attraction turned sniper nest, Dinky the T-Rex

04.02 / 00:59

RPG UPS TikTok While you're waiting for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, try this free Steam demo of a roguelike kingdom-builder where your peasants won't work unless you're looking directly at them

04.02 / 00:59

RPG UPS Extreme 'I feel extremely insulted by this': Platinum removes most of its games from its website, erasing the last signs of life for Project GG

04.02 / 00:59

UPS War Gaming's largest lobbying group says Trump's tariffs 'would negatively impact hundreds of millions of Americans' and do serious damage to the videogame industry

03.02 / 23:41

Matchbox Movie With John Cena Adds Ant-Man’s Corey Stoll to Cast

03.02 / 23:41

The Penguin Showrunner Clarifies Batman’s Absence

03.02 / 23:41

Sony Sony’s The Beatles Movies Reportedly Finds Its Yoko Ono Actress

03.02 / 23:31

RPG Adventure Music War 'I cannot believe this': Composer Winifred Phillips was 'blown away' after winning a Grammy for a remake of a 44-year-old RPG

03.02 / 23:05

Puzzle UPS How Long It Takes To Beat Poppy Playtime Ch. 4 Compared To Previous Chapters

03.02 / 23:05

UPS Provident Progressive shooting Black Ops 6: You Shouldn't Waste Your Time On The Season 2 Wildcard

03.02 / 23:05

Reddit "Reality Vs. The Game": STALKER 2 Fan's Chornobyl Photos Showcase How Realistic The Apocalyptic Title Really Is

03.02 / 23:05

Fighting Party UPS Progressive Darkest Dungeon 2: Kingdoms Guide - Sieges, Heroes, & Upgrades

03.02 / 22:29

$1bn revenue not enough to offset Meta's AR/VR Reality Labs' $4.4 billion loss

03.02 / 22:29

Digital Software Sony Nintendo ESA warns Trump tariffs will bring "significant harm" to US developers and players

03.02 / 22:19

NVIDIA The Alienware x16 R2 gaming laptop with RTX 4080 is $600 off right now

03.02 / 22:19

Platform Battlefield UPS Battlefield 6: everything we know so far

03.02 / 22:19

Battlefield UPS Provident Battlefield Labs lets players provide feedback on in-development games

03.02 / 22:19

Battlefield UPS How to join Battlefield Labs

03.02 / 21:35

Battlefield Coral Divide Preview Weekend: A First Look at a New Outpost Rush Map

03.02 / 21:23

Adventure Extreme Epic's Free Game This Week Is A Highly Rated Adventure Horror Title Teeming With Zombies

03.02 / 21:23

RPG Fallout UPS Even Without A Sequel, Fallout: New Vegas Fans Now Have A Lot To Look Forward To

03.02 / 21:21

UPS Discover Nintendo After 44 years, Donkey Kong player discovers that the legendary kill screen isn't really the end

03.02 / 21:21

Battlefield Racing Ripple The Need For Speed series is pumping the brakes as "Criterion are joining their colleagues working on Battlefield" instead of tuning more cars

03.02 / 21:21

RPG Stealth UPS Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 trades Skyrim stealth archers for stinky smelly archers: you can get so filthy that NPCs catch you "broadcasting" body odor, so "wash your hands, kids"

03.02 / 21:21

Battlefield UPS Ripple "Campaign is back": Battlefield 6 suddenly emerges with 10 seconds of gameplay footage, 4 separate development studios, and a closed pre-alpha test

03.02 / 21:21

UPS After backlash over Pokemon TCG Pocket's titular feature – you know, trading – devs say they're working on improvements and "multiple ways to obtain trade tokens"

03.02 / 21:21

Action Nintendo Legendary skating games OlliOlli World and Rollerdrome just got yanked from storefronts after less than 3 years, and no one knows why

03.02 / 21:21

RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 dev on launching an RPG in a brutal month for games: "I think if this happened with the first game, morale would be crushed"

03.02 / 21:13

UPS Extreme Multiversus director addresses fans angered by its upcoming closure: 'You’re entitled to what you say and think, but when there are threats to harm it’s crossing the line'

NYT Connections today — my hints and answers for Thursday, January 9 (game #578)

Related News