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For Sunday, January 12, 2025, NYT Connections game #581 groups the words into FABRICATION, WOO, CLASSIC ATARI GAMES, and THINGS FEATURING TAILS. The spoiler-light clues are below first; the complete word groups follow.
Spoiler-light hints for Connections #581
- Yellow: Things that are made up or imagined.
- Green: Ways to try to win someone’s affection or favor.
- Blue: Classic video games associated with Atari.
- Purple: Things connected to a five-letter word for an animal’s hindmost part.
Full answers for Sunday, January 12
Warning: the complete solution is below. The four categories and their words are:
| Category | Words |
|---|---|
| FABRICATION | FAIRY TALE, FANTASY, FICTION, INVENTION |
| WOO | CHARM, COURT, PURSUE, ROMANCE |
| CLASSIC ATARI GAMES | ASTEROIDS, BREAKOUT, CENTIPEDE, DEFENDER |
| THINGS FEATURING TAILS | COIN TOSS, COMETS, DRESS COAT, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG |
Why the final group is tricky
“Tails” is the connecting idea in the last group: a coin toss has heads and tails, comets have tails, a dress coat can have tails, and Sonic the Hedgehog is a character with a tail. The Atari set consists of ASTEROIDS, BREAKOUT, CENTIPEDE, and DEFENDER.
Sources
Parade and TechRadar independently report the same game number, date, categories, and word assignments. Their pages also provide spoiler-light hints before the full solution: Parade’s January 12, 2025 Connections hints and answers and TechRadar’s January 12, 2025 Connections hints and answers.
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