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ForbesNYT “Connections” tips and answers for Thursday, January 2ndFrom Kris Holt

Hello everyone! How have New Year’s resolutions affected you so far?

As I’ve already mentioned, I don’t believe in such resolutions myself, but I need and want to get in much better shape. I have some ideas on how to do this.

For one thing, I plan on just looking at the junk on my phone when I use my mini step machine. Watching movies while on my rowing machine should motivate me to do both, and I’ll be checking out some of the PlayStation VR2 fitness apps.

I have this. This goes for you too as you embark on your own fitness/wellness path.

Before we begin, 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 Friday, January 3rd coming 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…

• SINGLE
• STICKER
• BELLY
• BUTTON
• HOLE
• SOLE
• OYSTER
• SHELL
• DESIRE
• HAPPINESS
• BALL
• TRUMPET
• MOREL
• BOW
• SMACKER
• HEEL

And the clues for today Connections Groups are:

• Yellow group – characteristics of a specific body part
• Green group – it is important to know the value of this in order to stay grounded
• Blue group – maybe the life of the party as they are a fun guy
• Purple Group – “Noodle” and “Shot” 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 – parts of a foot
• Green group – one dollar
• Blue group – mushroom species
• Purple group – pot ____

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 – parts of a foot (arch, ball, heel, sole)
• Green group – one dollar (BUCK, CLAM, SINGLE, SMAKER)
• Blue group – mushroom species (button, morel, oyster, trumpet)
• Purple Group – Pot ____ (BELLY, HOLE, HAPPINESS, STICKER)

Hey, let’s go! My first perfect game in a long time. My total steak is 12. My personal record of 32 is in my line of sight. This is what happened to me:

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Things went smoothly for me today. “Pot” immediately came to mind when I saw STICKER and BELLY on the top line. In fact, the purples were easy to find.

The yellows were straightforward and next. I almost fell into the distraction trap of MOREL, OYSTERS and CLAM. However, I made the mushroom connection just in time. I also figured out the connection between the greens before submitting this.

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

PS: On my second trip to the cinema in the last 12 months (out of embarrassment, I know) I saw it Better man, the Robbie Williams biopic, which turns the singer into a literal performing monkey. This creative decision seemed a bit strange at first, but it makes sense and only takes a minute to get used to.

I really liked this film! I always liked Williams. His life in the 90s and 2000s was very well documented in the British tabloids, so there wasn’t much surprising information here. I thought it dragged on a bit too long and there are a lot of standard biopics out there, but it’s very well made and a real crowd pleaser (warning, the trailer contains strong language):

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

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