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…
- CHECK
- CLOCK
- CRUMPLE
- CROSS
- HOOK
- TICK
- BUCKLE
- ANT
- BALL
- STRIKE
- MELTING
- WAD
- SNAP
- SCRUNCH
- BRANCH
- CLIP
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Ready for the trash
- GREEN: Belt up
- BLUE: All done
- PURPLE: Classic Salvador
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?
- YELLOW: CRUSH INTO A COMPACT SHAPE
- GREEN: FASTENERS
- BLUE: MARK AS COMPLETED
- PURPLE: DEPICTED IN DALÍ’S “THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY”
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 #573, are…
- YELLOW: CRUSH INTO A COMPACT SHAPE BALL, CRUMPLE, SCRUNCH, WAD
- GREEN: FASTENERS BUCKLE, CLIP, HOOK, SNAP
- BLUE: MARK AS COMPLETED CHECK, CROSS, STRIKE, TICK
- PURPLE: DEPICTED IN DALÍ’S “THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY” ANT, BRANCH, CLOCK, MELTING
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
Because it’s early January I am big into making to-do lists at the moment, so I quickly got the blue group MARK AS COMPLETED.
Incidentally, when you write a to-do list do you sometimes add something you’ve already done so that you can cross it off? Or is that just me?
Anyway, the other three groups were less straightforward. I went down a blind alley thinking SNAP, CRUMPLE, BUCKLE were to do with someone giving up, which I nearly did before earning myself a “phew!” after I thought belts could be the connecting theme for FASTENERS.
Meanwhile, we could have played Connections until next New Year’s Ever before I got today’s Purple foursome. Fez’s off and flamboyant mustaches twizzled to anyone who got DEPICTED IN DALÍ’S “THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY”.
- 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