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Spoiler-safe hints for Connections #577
The board has 16 words to sort into four groups of four. Try the graduated hints before scrolling to the solutions:
- Yellow: Think about departments or parts of a larger organization or structure.
- Green: These items help you play a musical instrument.
- Blue: Think of Dumbo.
- Purple: Think of 2000s rock groups—and words whose spellings have been altered.
These clues reflect the progressive hints published by TechRadar and Parade.
Answers for Jan. 8, 2025
Spoilers below: The categories and complete word groups follow.
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Yellow: SECTION
- BRANCH
- DIVISION
- LIMB
- WING
Green: ACCESSORIES FOR PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT
- BOW
- DRUMSTICK
- MALLET
- PICK
Blue: DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF AN ELEPHANT
- EAR
- MEMORY
- TRUNK
- TUSK
Purple: WORDS MISSPELLED IN NU METAL BAND NAMES
- BISCUIT
- CORN
- LINCOLN
- STAINED
Complete puzzle grid
The 16 words in the Jan. 8 grid were:
PICK; MEMORY; LIMB; BISCUIT; TRUNK; DRUMSTICK; CORN; BRANCH; EAR; WING; STAINED; BOW; LINCOLN; MALLET; TUSK; DIVISION.
The category names and solutions above match the contemporaneous guides from TechRadar and Parade.
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