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Hey there, folks! Welcome to the start of a new week. January’s already almost over, and it won’t be that long until spring rolls around in the northern hemisphere. There’s a lot to look forward to, but for now let’s keep your Connections streak intact.
Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers are coming right up.
How To Play Connections
In Connections, you’re presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like horror movie franchises, a type of verb or rappers.
There’s only one solution for each puzzle, and you’ll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them.
Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is typically the hardest one to deduce. The purple group often involves wordplay, so bear that in mind.
Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you’re incorrect, you’ll lose a life. If you’re close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you’re one word away from getting it right, but you’ll still need to figure out which one to swap.
If you make four mistakes, it’s game over. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen with the help of some hints, and, if you’re really struggling, today’s Connections answers.
Connections Hints For January 29
Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.
Today’s 16 words are:
- LOVE
- THING
- DRAGON
- PROMOTE
- JACK
- AD
- PASSION
- PAIR
- PUSH
- ITEM
- DEUCE
- PITCH
- COUPLE
- BREAD
- PLUG
- ALL
And the clues for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — advertise
- Green group — lovebirds
- Blue group — scores in a ball game
- Purple group — linked by things you might find on a tree
Connections Groups For January 28
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — do some marketing for
- Green group — romantic twosome
- Blue group — tennis scoring terms
- Purple group — words with “fruit”
What Are Today’s Connections Answers?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.
This is your final warning!
Today’s Connections answers are…
- Yellow group — do some marketing for (PITCH, PLUG, PROMOTE, PUSH)
- Green group — romantic twosome (COUPLE, ITEM, PAIR, THING)
- Blue group — tennis scoring terms (AD, ALL, DEUCE, LOVE)
- Purple group — words with “fruit” (BREAD, DRAGON, JACK, PASSION)
That’s another perfect game in the books for me. Four in a row, to be exact, which matches my overall winning streak.
The yellows caught my eye first, with PROMOTE giving me an entry point into those. I wondered for a second whether I should include AD with my guess, but since all the other words are verbs, it didn’t quite fit. DEUCE then led me to the blues. I was stumped on the fourth word for a minute — very sneaky of the NYT to use AD instead of “advantage.”
It was academic from there as the greens were straightforward, leaving me with the purple words for the win.
That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for hints and the solution for Tuesday’s game if you need them