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Good afternoon! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.
What should you do once you’re done? Why, play some more word games for sure. I have it every day too Strands suggestions and answers and Quordle suggestions and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Today’s NYT Connections information is below, so don’t read if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #573) – words of the day
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- CHECK IT OUT
- CLOCK
- CRUMPLE
- CROSS
- HOOK
- TICK
- BUCKLE
- ANT
- DANCE
- STRIKE
- FUND
- WAD
- SNAP
- SCRUNCH
- BRANCH
- CLIP
NYT Connections today (game #573) – tip #1 – group tips
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Ready for the trash
- GREEN: Belt up
- BLUE: All done
- PURPLE: Salvador classic
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 #573) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CRUSH INTO A COMPACT FORM
- GREEN: FASTENERS
- BLUE: MARKET AS COMPLETE
- VIOLA: DEPICTED IN “THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY” BY DALÍ
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE IT.
NYT Connections today (game #573) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #573, are…
- YELLOW: CRUSH INTO A COMPACT FORM BALL, CRUMPLE, SCRUNCH, WAD
- GREEN: FASTENERS BUCKLE, CLIP, HOOK, SNAP
- BLUE: MARKS AS COMPLETE CHECK, CROSS, STRIKE, TICK
- VIOLA: DEPICTED IN “THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY” BY DALÍ ANT, BRANCH, CLOCK, BOTTOM
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
Because it’s the beginning of January, I’m big on making lists of things to do at the moment, so I quickly put the blue group MARK AS COMPLETED.
Incidentally, when you write a to-do list, do you sometimes add something you’ve already done so you can cross it off? Or is it just me?
However, the other three groups were less direct. I went down an alley without thinking that SNAP, CRUMPLE, BUCKLE had to do with someone giving up, which I almost did before earning a “poof!” after thinking that belts could be the connecting topic for FASTENERS.
Meanwhile, we could have played Connections until next New Year Ever before I got today’s fourth Purple. Fez and off and the gaudy mustaches twisted at all those who were DEPICTED IN “THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY” BY DALÍ.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, January 3, Game #572)
- YELLOW: PARTS OF FOOT ARCH, BALL, HEEL, SOLE
- GREEN: ONE DOLLAR BUCK, CLAM, SINGLE, SMACKER
- BLUE: TYPES OF MUSHROOMS BUTTON, MORELLA, OYSTER, TRUMPET
- VIOLA: POT BELLY, GROSS, FORTUNE, STICKER
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by The New York Times. It is challenging to find groups of four elements that share something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite hard and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you do not technically need to solve the last one, as you will be able to respond to that through a process of elimination. Plus, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you some breathing room.
It’s a bit more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trick you. For example, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It is played for free via the The NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
