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NYT Connections January 5 2024 Answers

Puzzle #208

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

KID ADULT TOP TEN MAX TEASE DOZEN TIMES RIB PAIR PEAK JOSH GROSS KISS SCORE HEIGHT

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — PLAYFULLY BOTHER
Green — APEX
Blue — WORDS FOR SPECIFIC QUANTITIES
Purple — WHAT "X" MIGHT MEAN
PLAYFULLY BOTHERJOSH, KID, RIB, TEASE
APEXHEIGHT, MAX, PEAK, TOP
WORDS FOR SPECIFIC QUANTITIESDOZEN, GROSS, PAIR, SCORE
WHAT "X" MIGHT MEANADULT, KISS, TEN, TIMES
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.