The NYT Connections answer for January 1, 2025, is puzzle #570. The groups are slimy animals, things that luminesce, Dutch symbols, and words ending in terms associated with “plunge.”
NYT Connections answers for January 1, 2025
Here are all four categories and their tiles:
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | Slimy animals | EARTHWORM, EEL, SALAMANDER, SLUG |
| Green | Things that luminesce | AURORA, FIREFLY, GLOWSTICK, RADIUM |
| Blue | Dutch symbols | CANAL, CLOG, TULIP, WINDMILL |
| Purple | Ending with synonyms for “plunge” | GATECRASH, RAINDROP, SKYDIVE, WATERFALL |
The date matters: this is the archived Wednesday, January 1, 2025 puzzle, game #570—not an answer for another year’s January 1.
How the purple group works
Look at the final part of each compound word: gatecrash ends in “crash,” raindrop in “drop,” skydive in “dive,” and waterfall in “fall.” Those endings are associated with plunging, which is the connection for the purple set.
Hints for puzzle #570
- Yellow: Slithering
- Green: All lit up
- Blue: Seen in Amsterdam
- Purple: Drop at the end
Connections asks players to sort 16 words into four groups of four based on a shared connection. These hints and solutions are reported in TechRadar’s January 1, 2025 guide. Yahoo’s dated guide also identifies the game as #570 and reports a Connections Companion difficulty rating of 3 out of 5; that rating is secondary reporting, not an independently confirmed official statistic. Yahoo’s guide.
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