NYT Connections January 5 2025 Answers
Puzzle #574
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
STOP GROSS MAKE HOME YIELD VOLUME SLOW SNARE QUIET KETTLE NET MUTE EAR SLEEPY OIL CALM
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — HARDLY BUSTLING
Green — EARN
Blue — REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS
Purple — WORDS BEFORE “DRUM”
HARDLY BUSTLINGCALM, QUIET, SLEEPY, SLOW
EARNGROSS, MAKE, NET, YIELD
REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONSHOME, MUTE, STOP, VOLUME
WORDS BEFORE “DRUM”EAR, KETTLE, OIL, SNARE
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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.