NYT Connections January 4 2025 Answers
Puzzle #573
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
CHECK CLOCK CRUMPLE CROSS HOOK TICK BUCKLE ANT BALL STRIKE MELTING WAD SNAP SCRUNCH BRANCH CLIP
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — CRUSH INTO A COMPACT SHAPE
Green — FASTENERS
Blue — MARK AS COMPLETED
Purple — DEPICTED IN DALÍ’S “THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY”
CRUSH INTO A COMPACT SHAPEBALL, CRUMPLE, SCRUNCH, WAD
FASTENERSBUCKLE, CLIP, HOOK, SNAP
MARK AS COMPLETEDCHECK, CROSS, STRIKE, TICK
DEPICTED IN DALÍ’S “THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY”ANT, BRANCH, CLOCK, MELTING
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.