NYT Connections today — my hints and answers for Wednesday, January 1 (game #570)
Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here’s all you need to know to solve today’s game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.
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 #570) – today’s words
(Image credit: New York Times)
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
EARTHWORM
CLOG
SLUG
WATERFALL
GLOWSTICK
RAINDROP
CANAL
FIREFLY
WINDMILL
RADIUM
SKYDIVE
SALAMANDER
AURORA
EEL
TULIP
GATECRASH
NYT Connections today (game #570) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: Slithering
GREEN: All lit up
BLUE: Seen in Amsterdam
PURPLE: Drop at the end
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 #570) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: SLIMY ANIMALS
GREEN: THINGS THAT LUMINESCE
BLUE: DUTCH SYMBOLS
PURPLE: ENDING WITH SYNONYMS FOR “PLUNGE”
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #570) – the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today’s Connections, game #570, are…
YELLOW: SLIMY ANIMALS EARTHWORM, EEL, SALAMANDER, SLUG
GREEN: THINGS THAT LUMINESCE AURORA, FIREFLY, GLOWSTICK, RADIUM
BLUE: DUTCH SYMBOLS CANAL, CLOG, TULIP, WINDMILL
PURPLE: ENDING WITH SYNONYMS FOR “PLUNGE” GATECRASH, RAINDROP, SKYDIVE, WATERFALL
My rating: Moderate
My score: 2 mistakes
Creatures that give me the ick seemed an obvious category for a group, but it turned out to be correct as EARTHWORM, EEL, SALAMANDER, and SLUG were all classed as SLIMY ANIMALS.
I once lived in a basement flat where myself and my flatmates fought a constant war of attrition against slugs, who somehow found their way into our damp and miserable hovel. Although I’m sure it would be considered an act of cruelty by many slug lovers, we attempted to block them from entering our abode with lines of table salt at all points of entry, but still, they managed to slime their way inside past our sodium barricade and we’d find silvery trails across the floors each morning, or worse accidentally step on a glutinous blob in our bare feet – a slug between your toes is not something you’d want to experience, trust me.
The solution was obvious wear CLOGs – or move out.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, 31 December, game #569)
YELLOW: MOVE QUICKLY BOLT, DART, DASH, FLY
GREEN: FUN TIME BALL, BLAST, KICK, THRILL
BLUE: WORDS BEFORE AN ADDRESSEE ATTENTION, DEAR, FOR, TO
PURPLE: NAME _ BRAND, DROP, GAME, NAMES
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.