NYT Connections Today – My Hints and Answers for Saturday January 4 (Game #573)
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 #573) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- BILL
- CLOCK
- CRUMBLE
- CROTCH
- HOOK
- check
- BUCKLE
- ANT
- BALL
- STRIKE
- MELTING
- WAD
- SNAP
- SCRUNCH
- BRANCH
- CLAMP
NYT Connections Today (Game #573) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some pointers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Ready for the trash
- VEGETABLES: Buckle up
- BLUE: Everything 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 themed 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 SHAPE
- GREEN: FASTENERS
- BLUE: MARK AS COMPLETED
- PURPLE: PICTURED IN DALÍ’S “THE PERSISENCE OF MEMORY”
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #573) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, game #573, are…
- YELLOW: CRUSH INTO A COMPACT SHAPE BALL, CRUMPLE, SCRUNCH, WAD
- GREEN: FASTENERS BUCKLE, CLAMP, HOOK, SNAP
- BLUE: MARK AS COMPLETED CHECK, PROVIDE, STRIKE, TAP
- PURPLE: PICTURED IN DALÍ’S “THE PERSISENCE OF MEMORY” ANT, BRANCH, BELL, MELT
- My rating: Difficult
- My score: 3 mistakes
Since it’s early January, I’m currently loving making to-do lists, so I quickly got the blue MARK AS COMPLETE group.
When you write a to-do list, do you ever add something you’ve already done so you can cross it off? Or is that just me?
Anyway, the other three groups were less easy. I walked into a dead end alley thinking SNAP, CRUMPLE, BUCKLE had to do with someone giving up, which I almost did before I found myself saying a “phew!” after thinking that belts could be the unifying theme for FASTENERS.
In the meantime, we could have played Connections until the next New Year’s Eve before I got today’s Purple Foursome. Fez’s off and flamboyant mustaches twinkled at everyone DEPICTED IN DALÍ’S “THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY”.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Friday, January 3, game #572)
- 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
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.