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NYT Connections January 6 2025 Answers

Puzzle #575

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

BLANKET BOOT BREEZE RUM PICNIC PANT UMBRELLA PIE HEAVE ARS ABC GENERAL BROAD GASP BUT PUFF

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — BREATHE HARD
Green — CATCHALL
Blue — METAPHORS FOR EASY THINGS
Purple — SYNONYMS FOR REAR END MINUS LAST LETTER
BREATHE HARDGASP, HEAVE, PANT, PUFF
CATCHALLBLANKET, BROAD, GENERAL, UMBRELLA
METAPHORS FOR EASY THINGSABC, BREEZE, PICNIC, PIE
SYNONYMS FOR REAR END MINUS LAST LETTERARS, BOOT, BUT, RUM
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.