NYT Connections Hints for January 04, 2025

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Calling all puzzle enthusiasts! Today’s NYT Connections will challenge your ability to connect clues and think outside the box. Let’s get started with a few tantalizing hints.

Hints

  • Yellow: To compress something into a smaller form
  • Green: This category revolves around devices that help secure/attach items
  • Blue: These signify that a task is finished
  • Purple: The words in this category appear in a famous Surrealist painting from the 1930s

If those hints weren’t enough, here are the categories to guide you.

Categories

  • Yellow: CRUSH INTO A COMPACT SHAPE
  • Green: FASTENERS
  • Blue: MARK AS COMPLETED
  • Purple: DEPICTED IN DALI’S “THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY”

Ready to reveal the solutions?

Answers

  • Yellow: BALL, CRUMPLE, SCRUNCH, WAD
  • Green: BUCKLE, CLIP, HOOK, SNAP
  • Blue: CHECK, CROSS, STRIKE, TICK
  • Purple: ANT, BRANCH, CLOCK, MELTING

Congratulations, puzzle conquerors! You’ve completed another challenging yet rewarding set of Connections. Keep your puzzle prowess sharp, and get ready for the next adventure!