NYT Connections Today – My Hints and Answers for Friday January 3 (Game #572)
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be tricky, so read on if you need pointers.
What should you do when you’re done? Of course, play some word games. I also have daily Strands Hints and Answers and Quordle Hints and Answers articles if you need help with those too, while Marc’s Wordle Today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about today’s NYT Connections 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 words from NYT Connections are…
- SINGLE
- STICKER
- BELLY
- KNOB
- HOLE
- SOLE
- OYSTER
- CLAMP
- BUCK
- LUCK
- BALL
- TRUMPET
- MORILLE
- BOW
- TASTIER
- HEEL
NYT Connections Today (Game #572) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some pointers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Tootsie
- VEGETABLES: 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 themed 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 DOLLARS
- BLUE: TYPES OF MUSHROOMS
- PURPLE: POT
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #572) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, game #572, are…
- YELLOW: PARTS OF A FOOT ARCH, BALL, HEEL, SOLE
- GREEN: ONE DOLLARS BUCK, CLAM, SINGLE, SMAKER
- BLUE: TYPES OF MUSHROOMS BUTTON, MILL, OYSTER, TRUMPET
- PURPLE: POT BELLY, HOLE, HAPPINESS, STICKER
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 mistake
Connections played a nice trick today with OYSTER and CLAM, which made me think there must be a seafood group – so I convinced myself that SMAKER and MOREL were types of molluscs. They’re not.
Putting this mistake aside, I managed to connect the PARTS OF A FOOT. When I remembered that CLAM is slang for money and MOREL was actually a mushroom, the other three groups fell into place.
A satisfying tease of semi-useless knowledge.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Thursday, January 2, game #571)
- YELLOW: OBSERVE CATCH, CLOCK, NOTICE, REGISTER
- GREEN: CADENCE BEAT, METER, RHYTHM, TIME
- BLUE: ONE IN A GROUP OF TWELVE DONUT, INCH, JURY MEMBER, MONTH
- PURPLE: DOG __ DAYS, PADDLE, TAG, TIRED
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of the New York Times’ increasingly popular word games. It challenges you to find groups of four items that have something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: green is easy, yellow is a little harder, blue is often quite tough, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t have to solve the last question because you can answer it by a process of elimination. Plus, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you some breathing room.
It’s a bit more complicated than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, beware of homophones and other word games that can obscure the answers.
It is playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.