Subj : NYT Connections today  my hints and answers for Thursday, January
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Date : Thu Jan 09 2025 00:15:05

NYT Connections today  my hints and answers for Thursday, January 9 (game 
#578)

Date:
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 00:02:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to 
solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

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Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that 
challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so 
read on if you need clues. 

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of 
course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and 
answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today 
page covers the original viral word game. 

 SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't 
read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Connections today (game 
#578) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) 

Today's NYT Connections words are SHINING FINANCE TABLE SIT STAND STAY TO IT 
SEA STALL COME FROM LEGAL HEEL BOOTH SALES NYT Connections today (game #578) 
- hint #1 - group hints 

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: A pitch to 
sell from GREEN: Well trained BLUE: The office PURPLE: Last line of patriotic 
song 

Need more clues? 

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what 
the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles NYT 
Connections today (game #578) - hint #2 - group answers 

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: VENDOR'S 
SPOT AT A MARKET GREEN: DOG COMMANDS BLUE: CORPORATE DEPARTMENTS PURPLE: LAST 
WORDS IN "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #578) - the answers (Image credit: 
New York Times) 

The answers to today's Connections, game #578, are YELLOW: VENDOR'S SPOT AT A 
MARKET BOOTH, STALL, STAND, TABLE GREEN: DOG COMMANDS COME, HEEL, SIT, STAY 
BLUE: CORPORATE DEPARTMENTS FINANCE, IT, LEGAL, SALES PURPLE: LAST WORDS IN 
"AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" FROM, SEA, SHINING, TO My rating: Moderate My score: 
Perfect 

Its an odd feeling getting the purple group second, and not one Ive 
experienced often. FROM SEA TO SHINING sea felt almost too obvious  like, 
yellow-group obvious. 

My first thought about todays words was Stephen King novels  IT, The SHINING, 
The STAND  and thats as far as I got before seeing the LAST WORDS IN AMERICA 
THE BEAUTIFUL and DOG COMMANDS. 

VENDORS SPOT AT A MARKET didnt include the best one  blanket on the floor, 
the spot most often deployed by someone who doesnt have an official spot at 
the market. Theres a Saturday market near me where another spot comes into 
play  opened suitcase on top of a dustbin. This is a style of selling thats 
exclusive to perfumes of dubious provenance, the suitcase necessary for 
speedy departures. Best to stick to sellers with a BOOTH, STALL, STAND or 
TABLE. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, 8 January, game #577) 
YELLOW: SECTION BRANCH, DIVISION, LIMB, WING GREEN: ACCESSORIES FOR PLAYING 
AN INSTRUMENT BOW, DRUMSTICK, MALLET, PICK BLUE: DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF AN 
ELEPHANT EAR, MEMORY, TRUNK, TUSK PURPLE: WORDS MISSPELLED IN NU METAL BAND 
NAMES BISCUIT, CORN, LINCOLN, STAINED What is NYT Connections? 

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the 
New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share 
something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green 
is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually 
very difficult. 

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as 
you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, 
you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing 
room. 

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there 
are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For 
instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise 
the answers. 

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.



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