Today’s NYT Connections is, thankfully, quite easy to deal with. However, if you’re stuck on a single category, then you’re in luck. Join us as we break down all the hints, categories, and, finally, the answers for NYT Connections for January 5. With that, let’s begin.
Hint for Today’s Connections Themes
Let’s begin with some quick hints for the Connections themes today. Check them out and see if you can guess any of them.
- Yellow Category – We all trouble the ones we love
- Green Category – Everyone wants to be at the ___
- Blue Category – Numbers can also be in words
- Purple Category – This letter can also be translated into words
We wish we could go into more detail here, but these hints are the best we can share. They are all related to the categories for the puzzle, so think hard before you scroll down below to see the exact category names. We also think you don’t need an additional hint today. However, if you still can’t find them and need more help, maybe these tricks to solve NYT Connections will help.
Spoiler Warning #1 While this section included hints for the categories, the next section names them directly. Only proceed if ready.
Today’s Connections Category Names
If you still can’t figure out the NYT Connections category names, then keep reading for more help.
- Yellow – PLAYFULLY BOTHER
- Green – APEX
- Blue – WORDS FOR SPECIFIC QUANTITIES
- Purple – WHAT “X” MIGHT MEAN
We hope you can guess the words under each category now. However, If you still cannot and need more help, keep reading.
Spoiler Warning #2 The next section includes the answer for today’s puzzle; you will see all the answers in their categories. This is your last chance to solve it yourself.
Connections Answer for January 5
Are you still stuck with the puzzle? In that case, the answers to today’s Connections are:
- PLAYFULLY BOTHER – Josh, Kid, Rib, Tease
- APEX – Height, Max, Peak, Top
- WORDS FOR SPECIFIC QUANTITIES – Dozen, Gross, Pair, Score
- WHAT “X” MIGHT MEAN – Adult, Kiss, Ten, Times
Besides all the variety of mixes we get for NYT Connections, today’s puzzle was, thankfully, quite easy to get over with. To my luck, I started out with the Blue category, which had me combine different numbers together. Or, well, quantities, anyway.
I moved on to the Green category and nailed it down quickly, too. I initially got a bit confused between the words inside Yellow and Purple, but after seeing Josh and Rib, I knew what I had to do.
With only four words left, I mashed them together, got the Purple category, and finally, the NYT Connections for January 5.
NYT Connections Past Answers
We hope the answers above helped you solve the NYT Connections puzzle for today. However, if you stumbled here by accident, there’s a chance you might be looking for answers to previous puzzles.
Well, for such times and more, we have you covered. Feel free to go through our directory to NYT Connections for the last three days for all the help you need.
What about you? How was your experience with today’s puzzle? Where did you get stuck if you did? Let us know in the comments below.
