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NYT Connections January 21 2025 Answers

Puzzle #590

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

MINIATURE OCTOPUS CRACK PEPPER SLIGHT SALT DIG SAND DOLL WHO SHOVEL FIGURE PLOW BARB MODEL NO

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — PUTDOWN
Green — SMALL LIKENESS
Blue — USED TO CLEAR SNOW
Purple — DOCTORS IN POP CULTURE
PUTDOWNBARB, CRACK, DIG, SLIGHT
SMALL LIKENESSDOLL, FIGURE, MINIATURE, MODEL
USED TO CLEAR SNOWPLOW, SALT, SAND, SHOVEL
DOCTORS IN POP CULTURENO, OCTOPUS, PEPPER, WHO
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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.