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NYT Connections January 2 2025 Answers

Puzzle #571

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

Today's 16-word board, in its starting order:

TIME CLOCK DONUT PADDLE TIRED MONTH BEAT REGISTER CATCH TAG INCH DAYS METER JUROR NOTICE RHYTHM

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — PERCEIVE
Green — CADENCE
Blue — ONE IN A GROUP OF TWELVE
Purple — DOG ___
PERCEIVECATCH, CLOCK, NOTICE, REGISTER
CADENCEBEAT, METER, RHYTHM, TIME
ONE IN A GROUP OF TWELVEDONUT, INCH, JUROR, MONTH
DOG ___DAYS, PADDLE, TAG, TIRED
Checked against the official NYT Connections solution

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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.