Photographers and birdwatchers, Connections No. 583 for Tuesday, Jan. 14, is calling you. Here are hints and answers.
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Oh, that purple category in NYT Connections. Today it’s one of those themes people either love for the challenge or hate because they’re darn tough. Think of something that flies and then ways to alter the words that describe those different varieties. Read on for today’s Connections hints and answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. And players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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Hints for today’s Connections groupsHere are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Up and going.
Green group hint: Fixed time.
Blue group hint: Nikon, Minolta, etc.
Purple group hint: Tweet-tweet.
Answers for today’s Connections groupsYellow group: Operating.
Green group: Term.
Blue group: Things in a camera kit.
Purple group: Bird plus letter.
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What are today’s Connections answers? The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Jan. 14, 2025.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETThe yellow words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is operating. The four answers are active, functional, running and working.
The green words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is term. The four answers are meeting, period, session and sitting.
The blue words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is things in a camera kit. The four answers are body, flash, lens and strap.
The purple words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is bird plus letter. The four answers are crowd, gully, puffing and swank. (Crow, gull, puffin and swan.)
Toughest Connections puzzlesWe’ve chosen some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
