Connections #233 Answers
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #233 for Tuesday, January 30, 2024. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): hit hard
- Green: newspaper names
- Blue: crescent-shaped things
- Purple (hardest): power-ups in super mario world
Answers
HIT HARD
BANG, HAMMER, POUND, SLAM
NEWSPAPER NAMES
CHRONICLE, HERALD, REGISTER, SUN
CRESCENT-SHAPED THINGS
BANANA, CROISSANT, MOON, SICKLE
POWER-UPS IN SUPER MARIO WORLD
FEATHER, FLOWER, MUSHROOM, STAR
Previous Connections answers
- #232 — do some marketing for, romantic twosome, tennis scoring terms, words with “fruit”
- #231 — highest point, “can i get your ___?” (phone info request), modifiers meaning “small”, inside a scrabble box
- #230 — hurt, look after, sought after in "the wizard of oz", silent "w"
- #229 — baseball equipment, hard hit, original monopoly tokens, ___ bunny
- #228 — of-the-moment, pictograph, impose, as a penalty, words beginning with body parts
- #227 — smartphone features beginning with “c”, parts of the eye, familial nicknames, words pronounced differently with accent marks
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