Here’s some help with today’s Quordle, including hints and the answers.
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It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: it’s time for another round of Connections!
I’m writing to you from my laptop while huddled underneath a blanket because hey, guess what? It gets pretty cold in Canada at this time of year. I wasn’t kidding about not going outside unless I can help it until probably April.
Before we get going, I’ve started a discussion group for Connections and this column on Discord. You can chat about each game (and other topics) with me and other folks. I’m always interested to find out how other people approach the game, so join us! It’s fun.
It’s also the best way to give me any feedback about the column, especially on the rare(!) occasions that I mess something up.
Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, January 15, are coming right up.
How To Play Connections
Connections is a free, popular New York Times daily word game. You get a new puzzle at midnight every day. You can play on the NYT website or Games app.
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 items you can click, names for research study participants or words preceded by a body part.
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 usually the most difficult one. The purple group often involves wordplay.
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. As with Wordle and other similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats.
If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the publication’s Connections archive. This includes every previous game of Connections, so you can go back and play any of those that you have missed.
Aside from the first 60 games or so, you should be able to find my hints for each grid via Google if you need them! Just click here and add the date of the game for which you need clues or the answers to the search query.
What Are Today’s Connections Hints?
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…
- PEANUT
- VEHICLE
- DIRTY
- ROBOT
- SHY
- BIG
- WET
- TOAD
- MEDIUM
- LOW
- PERFECT
- TOOL
- LIGHT
- MECHANISM
- DRY
- SHORT
And the hints for today’s Connections groups are:
- Yellow group — these get you to an end
- Green group — not enough
- Blue group — ways to prepare a certain concoction
- Purple group — “fox” and “incredible” would fit in here
What Are Today’s Connections Groups?
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s Connections groups are…
- Yellow group — means
- Green group — lacking
- Blue group — martini specifications
- Purple group — fictional misters
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 — means (MECHANISM, MEDIUM, TOOL, VEHICLE)
- Green group — lacking (LIGHT, LOW, SHORT, SHY)
- Blue group — martini specifications (DIRTY, DRY, PERFECT, WET)
- Purple group — fictional misters (BIG, PEANUT, ROBOT, TOAD)
One mistake to kick things off, then I got the rainbow for my third straight win. Here’s how I fared:
🟨🟪🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
My opening gambit was a guess of VEHICLE, ROBOT, MECHANISM and TOOL. That put me one away from a group. From there, I swapped out ROBOT for MEDIUM to get the yellows.
The greens were up next once I drew a link between SHORT and SHY. The blues and purples caused me a little trouble. But I eventually figured that DIRTY and DRY were types of martini preparation, and delved into my memory to remember that PERFECT is one too.
That left the purples. I didn’t get the connection for this group, though Mr. ROBOT flashed in my mind when I first saw the grid. I didn’t really watch Sex and the City and nor did I know of the band Mr. BIG until I looked it up just now. I believe Mr. PEANUT has come up in Connections before but I had no recollection of that until I saw the group title appear.
Mr. ROBOT, of course, is a well-regarded drama series while Mr. TOAD is of The Wind In The Willows fame. However, the actual best mister on the grid is Mr. PERFECT, a pro wrestler who was just so dang good.
That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog tomorrow for hints and the solution for Thursday’s game if you need them.
P.S. Games Done Quick is one of my very favorite things. Twice a year, the gaming community congragates for a week-long charity speedrunning marathon. In other words, players try to finish games as quickly as possible. There are often certain conditions in place, such as not being able to take advantage of any glitches or even being blindfolded!
The most recent GDQ event took place last week and it raised over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. This edition had one of my favorite GDQ runs ever. Someone tried to beat Crazy Taxi as quickly as possible while a live band played the game’s iconic soundtrack. This is so much fun:
And just because, here’s the song most people remember from that game, The Offspring’s “All I Want:”
I’ll have another absolutely brilliant GDQ run for you to enjoy tomorrow.
Have a great day! Make sure to drink enough water! Call someone you love!
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