Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Wed, January 1st
Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #570.
Connections hints for Wednesday 1st January
Here’s a hint for each of the word groups in today’s Connections puzzle, plus a couple more Connections clues to help you find the answer.
Our Connections hints for today are:
- Yellow (Easiest): Look for animals.
- Green (Easy): The solution has something to do with light.
- Blue (Medium): Think of The Netherlands.
- Purple (Hardest): It’s the second half of the word that counts.
- Extra hint 1: Firefly and earthworm are in different groups.
- Extra hint 2: The purple group has something to do with descending.
If you’re looking for more Connections hints today to help narrow down the answers, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:
Yellow (Easiest):
Eel
Green (Easy):
Firefly
Blue (Medium):
Canal
Purple (Hardest):
Raindrop
What are today’s Connections words?
Here are the 16 Connections words for today:
| Earthworm | Clog | Slug | Waterfall |
| Glowstick | Raindrop | Canal | Firefly |
| Windmill | Radium | Skydive | Salamander |
| Aurora | Eel | Tulip | Gatecrash |
What are today’s Connections groups?
If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today’s Connections puzzle, below we’ll reveal the four correct Connections groups – the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.
Here are the Connections groups for today:
- Slimy Animals
- Things That Luminesce
- Dutch Symbols
- Ending With Synonyms For “Plunge”
Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today’s puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check just below for the full answer.
Spoiler warning! Today’s Connections answer lies ahead!
What are today’s Connections answers?
Here are the full answers to today’s Connections puzzle on Wednesday, 1st January:
- Slimy Animals: Earthworm, Eel, Salamander, Slug
- Things That Luminesce: Aurora, Firefly, Glowstick, Radium
- Dutch Symbols: Canal, Clog, Tulip, Windmill
- Ending With Synonyms For “Plunge”: Gatecrash, Raindrop, Skydive, Waterfall
Today’s Connections was trying to throw me off with their animals and wet things, but it didn’t work. When I grouped the animals together, it was easy to spot the odd one out. As a Dutch person, I had no trouble with the blue category either – sometimes you just get lucky like that!Related
NYT Connections hints and answers (Tuesday 31st)
Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #568.
Congratulations if you got today’s Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn’t succeed today, don’t worry – a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle.
What is Connections?
Connections is one of the most popular daily puzzle games published by the New York Times (owners of Wordle). The aim of Connections is to group the 16 words of the day into four groups, where each group of four words has a common theme.
For instance, the words “Hook”, “Nana”, “Peter”, and “Wendy” are all Peter Pan characters. Or to take another example, “Action”, “Ballpark”, “Go”, and “Stick” are all words which commonly come just before the word “Figure”.
Your job is to figure out what these themes are that connect the various words together – but be wary, because a lot of the time there are red herring connections placed in there deliberately to throw you off! To win the game, you have to find all four Connections without making 4 mistakes. On your fourth mistake, the game is over and the answer is revealed automatically.
Each of the four groups in each day’s Connections puzzle is also assigned a different colour, which represents how easy or difficult the Connection is to find. These colours are: Yellow (Easiest), Green (Easy), Blue (Medium), and Purple (Hardest).
That wraps up today’s guide on how to solve the NYT Connections word puzzle. If you’re looking for help with Wordle, we’ve also got you covered with our list of past Wordle answers, as well as the Wordle hint and answer for Monday 30th December. You can also check out our list of the best starting words for Wordle, or use our Wordle Solver tool to help you find the answer with ease!
