Connections #570 Answers
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #570 for Wednesday, January 1, 2025. 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): slimy animals
- Green: things that luminesce
- Blue: dutch symbols
- Purple (hardest): ending with synonyms for “plunge”
Answers
SLIMY ANIMALS
EARTHWORM, EEL, SALAMANDER, SLUG
THINGS THAT LUMINESCE
AURORA, FIREFLY, GLOWSTICK, RADIUM
DUTCH SYMBOLS
CANAL, CLOG, TULIP, WINDMILL
ENDING WITH SYNONYMS FOR “PLUNGE”
GATECRASH, RAINDROP, SKYDIVE, WATERFALL
Previous Connections answers
- #569 — move quickly, fun time, words before an addressee, name ___
- #568 — lunch orders, used to make coffee, pay, with “up”, names featuring "!"
- #567 — shades of red, appointment specifications, different amounts of hair, tree homophones
- #566 — “nothing to it!”, objects from greek myth, proverbial things to kick, starting with possessive pronouns
- #565 — breakfast sides, pushes, as a button, they have a horn, oscar-winning actors
- #564 — approximately, trees, sizable, as an amount, u.s. state abbreviations, per ap style guide
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