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 #572) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SINGLE
- STICKER
- BELLY
- BUTTON
- HOLE
- SOLE
- OYSTER
- CLAM
- BUCK
- LUCK
- BALL
- TRUMPET
- MOREL
- ARCH
- SMACKER
- HEEL
NYT Connections today (game #572) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Tootsies
- GREEN: Cash
- BLUE: Delicious funghi
- PURPLE: Top pan
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 #572) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PARTS OF A FOOT
- GREEN: ONE DOLLAR
- BLUE: KINDS OF MUSHROOMS
- PURPLE: POT
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #572) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #572, are…
- YELLOW: PARTS OF A FOOT ARCH, BALL, HEEL, SOLE
- GREEN: ONE DOLLAR BUCK, CLAM, SINGLE, SMACKER
- BLUE: KINDS OF MUSHROOMS BUTTON, MOREL, OYSTER, TRUMPET
- PURPLE: POT BELLY, HOLE, LUCK, STICKER
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 mistake
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.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Thursday, 2 January, game #571)
- YELLOW: PERCEIVE CATCH, CLOCK, NOTICE, REGISTER
- GREEN: CADENCE BEAT, METER, RHYTHM, TIME
- BLUE: ONE IN A GROUP OF TWELVE DONUT, INCH, JUROR, MONTH
- PURPLE: DOG __ DAYS, PADDLE, TAG, TIRED
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.
