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Oh, you bet I recognized those video games in today’s NYT Connections puzzle. But of course, the editors had to throw in a red herring that belonged in the ever-tricky purple category instead. Have you played Atari today? Read on for today’s Connections hints and answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. And players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Not real
Green group hint: Kiss-kiss
Blue group hint: Like Pac-Man
Purple group hint: Dogs wag them
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Fabrication
Green group: Woo
Blue group: Classic Atari games
Purple group: Things featuring tails
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Jan. 12, 2025.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is fabrication. The four answers are fairy tale, fantasy, fiction and invention.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is woo. The four answers are charm, court, pursue, romance.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is classic Atari games. The four answers are Asteroids, Breakout, Centipede and Defender.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is things featuring tails. The four answers are coin toss, comets, dress coat and Sonic the Hedgehog.
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