Today’s NYT Connection Tips, Answers for January 5, #574

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Connections was not too hard today, As often happens, the purple category was a bit of a puzzle at first, but think of the instrument of Ringo Starr and you may be able to enter the rhythm of the answers. Read on for today’s Connections tips and answers.

The Times now has a Connect Botlike the one for Wordle. Go here after playing to receive a numerical score and have the program analyze your answers. And players who are registered with the Times Games section they can now nerd out by following their progressincluding the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they got a perfect score and their winning streak.

Read more: Tips, Advice and Strategies to help you win at NYT Connections every time

Suggestions for today’s Connections groups

Here are four suggestions for groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the hard (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group advice: not very active.

Green group tip: Cha-ching!

Blue group tip: Give me the click.

Purple Group Tip: Percussion Phrase.

Answers for today’s connection groups

Yellow group: very close

Green group: Gain

Blue Group: Remote control functions

Viola Group: Words before “drum”.

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

What are the answers from Connections today?

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The topic is not very fascinating. The four answers are calm, quiet, sleepy and slow.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is won. The four answers are gross, make, net and yield.

Blue words in today’s Connections

The topic is remote control functions. The four responses are home, mute, stop and volume.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is words before “drum”. The four answers are the ear, the kettle, the oil and the trap.