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ForbesNYT “Connections” tips and answers for Tuesday, January 14thFrom Kris Holt

It’s Wednesday and you know what that means: it’s time for another round Connections!

I’m writing to you from my laptop while lying under a blanket because hey, guess what? It gets pretty cold in Canada this time of year. It was no joke that I shouldn’t go outside until probably April unless I can help it.

Before we get started, I created a discussion group for Connections and this column on Discord. You can chat with me and other people about any game (and other topics). I’m always interested in finding out how other people approach the game, so join in! It’s fun.

It’s also the best way to give me feedback on the column, especially on the rare(!) occasions when I mess something up.

Today NYT Connections Hints and answers for Wednesday, January 15th will follow soon.

How to play connections

Connections is a free, popular one New York Times daily pun. You will receive a new puzzle every day at midnight. You can play on that NYT Website or gaming app.

You will be presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to divide them into four groups of four by figuring out the connections between them. The groups can be items you can click on, names of research participants, or words preceded by a body part.

Each puzzle has only one solution, and you have to be careful when it comes to words that could fit into more than one category. You can mix up the words to perhaps better see the connections between them.

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to understand, blue and green are in the middle, and the purple group is usually the most difficult. The purple group often contains puns.

Select four words that you think go together and click Send. If you guess and are wrong, you lose a life. When you’re close to finding the right group, you may see a message saying you’re one word away from the right group, but you still need to figure out which word to swap.

If you make four mistakes, the game is over. Let’s make sure that this doesn’t happen with the help of some tips, and if you really find it difficult, even with today’s ones Connections Answer. Like with Wordle and other similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats.

If you have one NYT You can access the publications with the All Access or Games subscription Connections Archive. This includes every previous game from Connectionsso you can go back and play any songs you missed.

Aside from the first 60 or so games, you should be able to find my clues for each grid via Google if you need to! Simply click here and enter the date of the game for which you need hints or answers to the search query.

What are today’s connection notes?

Scroll slowly! Right after the clues for each of today’s Connections Groups, I will reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you what words appear in them.

Today’s 16 words are…

• PEANUT
• VEHICLE
• DIRTY
• ROBOT
• SHY
• LARGE
• WET
• TOAD
• MEDIUM
• LOW
• PERFECT
• TOOL
• LIGHT
• MECHANISM
• DRY
• SHORT

And the clues for today Connections Groups are:

• Yellow group – these will get you to your goal
• Green group – not enough
• Blue group – ways to prepare a specific preparation
• Purple Group – “Fox” and “Incredible” would fit here

What are today’s sorority groups?

Do you need additional help?

Be warned: we’re starting to get into this Spoiler territory.

Today Connections Groups are…

• Yellow group – means
• Green group – missing
• Blue Group – Martini Specifications
• Purple group – fictional misters

What are today’s connection solutions?

Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today Connections Answer.

This is your final warning!

Today Connections Answers are…

• Yellow group – means (MECHANISM, MEDIUM, TOOL, VEHICLE)
• Green group – missing (LIGHT, LOW, SHORT, SHY)
• Blue Group – Martini Specifications (DIRTY, DRY, PERFECT, WET)
• Purple Group – fictional misters (BIG, PEANUT, ROBOT, TOAD)

A mistake at the start, then I got the rainbow for my third win in a row. This is what happened to me:

🟨🟪🟨🟨

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟪🟪🟪🟪

My opening game was to guess VEHICLE, ROBOTS, MECHANISM and TOOLS. That kept me away from a group. From then on I swapped ROBOT for MEDIUM to get the yellow tones.

The greens were next after I drew a connection between SHORT and SHY. The blue and purple tones gave me a little trouble. But at some point I came to the conclusion that DIRTY and DRY are ways of making martinis and delved into my memory to remember that PERFECT is one of them too.

What remained were the purple tones. I didn’t understand the connection to this group, although Mr. ROBOT came to mind when I first saw the grid. I wasn’t really watching Sex and the city and I didn’t know anything about the band Mr. BIG until I just looked it up. I think Mr. PEANUT showed up Connections but I had no memory of it until I saw the group title.

Mr. ROBOT is of course a well-respected drama series, while Mr. TOAD is one of them The wind in the willows Fame. However, the actual best guy on the grid is Mr. PERFECT, a professional wrestler who was just damn good.

That’s all for today Connections Hints and answers. Be sure to check out my blog tomorrow for hints and the walkthrough for Thursday’s game if you need it.

PS Games Done Quick is one of my favorite games. The gaming community meets twice a year for a week-long charity speedrunning marathon. In other words, players try to finish games as quickly as possible. Often there are certain conditions, such as not being able to take advantage of breakdowns or even being blindfolded!

The most recent GDQ event took place last week and raised over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. This edition had one of my favorite GDQ runs ever. Someone tried to hit Crazy taxi as quickly as possible while a live band played the game’s iconic soundtrack. This is so much fun:

And just because here’s the song most people remember from this game: “All I Want” by The Offspring:

I’ll be hosting another absolutely brilliant GDQ run for you to enjoy tomorrow.

I wish you a wonderful day! Make sure you drink enough water! Call someone you love!

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