Today’s NYT Connections Tips, Answers for January 4 #938

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Today’s New York Times Connections puzzle has a butt joke! Or four, actually. The purple category is also very weird. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times has a login botlike Wordle’s. Go there after playing to receive a numerical score and have the program analyze your answers. Players registered in the Times Games section can now go wild tracking their progressincluding the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they achieved a perfect score, and their winning streak.

Learn more: Tips, Tricks and Strategies to Help You Win Every Time on NYT Connections

Tips for Today’s Connections Groups

Here are four clues for today’s Connections puzzle groupings, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.

Yellow group index:Plus, plus!

Green group index: Wind up.

Blue group index: NFL Features.

Purple group index: Behind.

Answers for Today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Paper publication.

Green group: Coil.

Blue group: What a defensive football player does.

Purple group: Synonyms of buttocks plus starting letter.

Learn more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today’s Connections answers?

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is paper publication. The four answers are copy, edit, number and print.

Green words in today’s Connections

The theme is the reel. The four answers are spool, crank, reel, and wind.

Blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is what a defensive football player does. The four responses are blitz, block, sack and tackle.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is synonymous with buttocks and the letter of departure. The four answers are drear (rear), etail (tail), grump (rump) and scan (can).

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The most difficult connections puzzles

We noted some of the the most difficult connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.

#5: Include “elements you can set”, such as atmosphere, record, table and volleyball.

#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as the egg, the juror, the month, and the rose.

#3: Included “Screen Streets”, such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.

#2: Includes “___ power” such as Nap, Plant, Ranger, and Travel.

#1: Include “things that can leak,” like the candidate, faucet, mascara, and nose.