Today's Connections Hints & Answers For January 04, 2025 (Puzzle #573)

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If you are struggling to hook the last bit of today’s puzzle, you might need a few hints to help you snap answers into place. Today’s puzzle felt easier than yesterday’s to me,but it still had challenges as it does every day. The main part of today’s puzzle that makes things hard is a category that feels like it comes out of nowhere and that most players are not likely to anticipate unless they know the subject extremely well.

If you want a puzzle that focus more on making words than categorizing them, then you should try the NYT puzzle. This puzzle focuses on a group of letters surrounding one letter in a golden honeycomb. That letter is mandatory and must be included in every word you come up with. However, the rest of the letters are optional, but you can only come up with words that have these letters. Because of that, you will still end up using most of them with every word you submit.

If you need clues for today’s puzzle, you should look at all the possibilities before diving in and making any guesses. Use the below hints to start to separate out the words and think of what might be used with what words. Often, the confusion comes when multiple words seem like they might fit in multiple categories, so avoid that confusion by dissecting each word before you make a guess.

Wordle is a simple daily word game that has taken the internet by storm. With only 6 chances to get the right answer, players may need a little help.

If you are still struggling to separate out some of these words, there are still plenty of opportunities to come. Use the following category names or the spoilers below to get a better idea.

CRUSH INTO A COMPACT SHAPE

FASTENERS

MARK AS COMPLETED

DEPICTED IN DALI'S «THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY»

CRUSH INTO A COMPACT SHAPE

BALL

CRUMPLE

SCRUNCH

WAD

This category made sense to my brain fairly well right away. I saw WAD and CRUMPLE, and it felt pretty clear. It is the easy category today, so that is to be expected, but sometimes the easy category