NYT Connections game #577 is the puzzle dated Wednesday, January 8, 2025. Start with spoiler-safe nudges below, then open the full category answers and word groups when you’re ready.
Spoiler-safe hints for Connections #577
Try these nudges before looking at the category names or answers:
- Yellow: Departments.
- Green: Play a tune with these.
- Blue: Think Dumbo.
- Purple: 00s rock groups.
These hints and the answer groups were published in TechRadar’s January 8 guide and independently confirmed by Try Hard Guides.
The 16 words on the January 8 board
Read the board before revealing the solutions:
PICK · MEMORY · LIMB · BISCUIT · TRUNK · DRUMSTICK · CORN · BRANCH · EAR · WING · STAINED · BOW · LINCOLN · MALLET · TUSK · DIVISION
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Full category answers
Stop here if you still want to solve the groups yourself.
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
How Connections works
Connections asks players to select four words that share a category, forming four groups of varying difficulty. The guides report that players can make up to four mistakes; Try Hard Guides says the daily puzzle resets at midnight local time. Those are general gameplay details, not a statement about whether this historical board is available to play now.
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