Good day! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into various categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need clues.
What should you do once you’re done? Well, play more word games, of course. I also have daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle’s current 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 #573): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- CHECK
- CLOCK
- WRINKLE
- CROSS
- HOOK
- TICK
- BUCKLE
- ANT
- BALL
- STRIKE
- FUSION
- WAD
- BREAK
- CREAK
- BRANCH
- SHORTEN
NYT Connections Today (Game #573) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Ready for trash
- GREEN: close your mouth
- BLUE: everything done
- PURPLE: classic savior
Do you need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the answers are to the four topics for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #573) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CRUSH TO MAKE A COMPACT SHAPE
- GREEN: BRAS
- BLUE: MARK AS COMPLETED
- PURPLE: REPRESENTED IN DALÍ’S “THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY”
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #573): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #573 are…
- YELLOW: CRUSH TO MAKE A COMPACT SHAPE BALL, CRUMPLE, SCRUNCH, WAD
- GREEN: BRAS BUCKLE, CLIP, HOOK, CLASP
- BLUE: MARK AS COMPLETED CHECK, CROSS, STRIKE, MARK
- PURPLE: REPRESENTED IN DALÍ’S “THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY” ANT, BRANCH, CLOCK, FUSION
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
Since it’s early January, I’m a big fan of making to-do lists right now, so I quickly got the blue MARK AS COMPLETE group..
By the way, 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 easy. I hit a dead end thinking SNAP, CRUMPLE, BUCKLE had to do with someone giving up, which I almost did before earning an “ugh!” then I thought that the belts could be the connecting theme for FASTENERS.
Meanwhile, we could have played Connections until next New Year’s before I got today’s Purple quartet. Fez’s extravagant, extravagant mustaches made anyone who was DEPICTED IN DALÍ’S “THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY” shine.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, January 3, Game #572)
- YELLOW: PARTS OF A FOOT ARCH, BALL, HEEL, SOLE
- GREEN: ONE DOLLAR BUCK, CLAM, BACHELOR, SMACKER
- BLUE: TYPES OF MUSHROOMS BUTTON, MOREL, OYSTER, TRUMPET
- PURPLE: JAR BELLY, HOLE, LUCK, STICKER
What are NYT connections?
NYT Connections is one of the increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four elements that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow is a little harder, blue is usually quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final question since you’ll be able to answer it through a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little breathing room.
However, it’s a little more complicated than something like Wordle and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, be careful with homophones and other puns that could disguise answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile devices.
