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Happy Friday, folks! Just like that, the first weekend of 2024 is almost upon us.
Today’s Connections hints and answers are coming right up.
How To Play Connections
In Connections, you’re presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like horror movie franchises, a type of verb or rappers.
There’s only one solution for each puzzle, and you’ll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them.
Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is typically the hardest one to deduce. The purple group often involves wordplay, so bear that in mind.
Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you’re incorrect, you’ll lose a life. If you’re close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you’re one word away from getting it right, but you’ll still need to figure out which one to swap.
If you make four mistakes, it’s game over. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen with the help of some hints, and, if you’re really struggling, today’s Connections answers.
Connections Hints For January 5
Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.
Today’s 16 words are:
- KID
- ADULT
- TOP
- TEN
- MAX
- TEASE
- DOZEN
- TIMES
- RIB
- PAIR
- PEAK
- JOSH
- GROSS
- KISS
- SCORE
- HEIGHT
And the clues for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — needle, razz
- Green group — the pinnacle
- Blue group — certain amounts
- Purple group — things to which the same single letter may refer
Connections Groups For January 5
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — playfully bother
- Green group — apex
- Blue group — words for specific quantities
- Purple group — what “x” might mean
Connections Answers For January 5
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.
This is your final warning!
Today’s Connections answers are…
- Yellow group — playfully bother (JOSH, KID, RIB, TEASE)
- Green group — apex (HEIGHT, MAX, PEAK, TOP)
- Blue group — words for specific quantities (DOZEN, GROSS, PAIR, SCORE)
- Purple group — what “x” might mean (ADULT, KISS, TEN, TIMES)
My overall winning streak is up to 11, but there was no perfect game today.
I managed to get each group in order of ascending difficulty. It took a minute to figure out which word went with KID, RIB and TEASE, since JOSH isn’t a word I often use in that context. I dithered over whether to include HEIGHT or GROSS with the greens, but I got that group correct on the first attempt as well.
My sole error today came with the blues. I fell into the trap posed by TEN by initially including that instead of PAIR. I didn’t figure out the purple connection, but even then it took me a second to see why “x” could mean ADULT.
That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for hints and the solution for Saturday’s game if you need them.
