NYT Connections Today – My Hints and Answers for Wednesday, January 1 (Game #570)
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 #570) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- EARTHWORM
- HIDING
- SNUD
- WATERFALL
- GLOW STICK
- RAINDROP
- CHANNEL
- GLOWWORM
- WINDMILL
- RADIUM
- SKY DOVE
- SALAMANDER
- AURORA
- AAL
- TULIP
- GATE CRASH
NYT Connections Today (Game #570) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some pointers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Sliding
- VEGETABLES: All lit up
- BLUE: Seen in Amsterdam
- PURPLE: Dropped at the end
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 #570) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SMART ANIMALS
- GREEN: THINGS THAT ARE BRIGHT
- BLUE: DUTCH SYMBOLS
- PURPLE: END WITH SYNONYMS FOR “PLUNGE”
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #570) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, game #570, are…
- YELLOW: SMART ANIMALS EARTHworm, eel, salamander, slug
- GREEN: THINGS THAT ARE BRIGHT AURORA, FIREFLY, GLOWSTICK, RADIUM
- BLUE: DUTCH SYMBOLS CANAL, CLOG, TULIP, WINDMILL
- PURPLE: END WITH SYNONYMS FOR “PLUNGE” GATE CRASH, RAINDROP, SKY DIVE, WATERFALL
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 2 mistakes
Creatures that bothered me seemed like an obvious category for a group, but that turned out to be correct, as EARTHWORM, EEEL, SALAMANDER, and SLUG were all classified as SMART ANIMALS.
I once lived in a basement apartment where my roommates and I waged a constant war of attrition against slugs, which somehow found their way into our damp and miserable shack. Although I am sure it would be considered an act of cruelty by many slug enthusiasts, we attempted to deny them access to our property with rows of table salt at all points of entry, but they still managed to find their way through our to gulp in. sodium barricade and we found silvery trails all over the floors every morning, or worse, we accidentally stepped on a sticky blob on our bare feet – a slug between your toes is not something you would want to experience, trust me.
The solution was obvious: wear CLOGs – or move.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, December 31, game #569)
- YELLOW: MOVE FAST BOLT, DART, DASH, FLY
- GREEN: FUN TIME BALL, BLAST, KICK, TENSION
- BLUE: WORDS FOR AN ADDRESSEE ATTENTION, DEAR, FOR, TO
- PURPLE: NAME _ BRAND, DROP, GAME, NAMES
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 slightly harder, blue is often quite hard, and purple is usually very hard.
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.