The NYT Connections puzzle for January 6 follows along with its simple approach today too. However, if you’re having trouble, we are here to help. Keep reading as we talk about all the hints, categories, and answers you need for the Connections puzzle for today. 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 – Perfumes and sweat both affect this
- Green Category – We do this during cha cha cha
- Blue Category – Do you have a ___ to pick with anyone?
- Purple Category – A round word comes after all these words
Additional Hint: Do you smell good?
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 – STRONG SMELL
- Green – MOVE BACK AND FORTH
- Blue – THINGS TO PICK
- Purple – _ _ _ BALL
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 6
Are you still stuck with the puzzle? In that case, the answers to today’s Connections are:
- STRONG SMELL – Funk, Musk, Odor, Tang
- MOVE BACK AND FORTH – Rock, Sway, Sing, Wave
- THINGS TO PICK – Afro, Bone, Fight, Lock
- _ _ _ BALL – Crystal, Disco, Foul, Gutter
The NYT Connections for today follows the same easy theme as yesterday. As such, it was quite effortless, to begin with the Yellow category and nail it down. While I never smell bad, I have an eye for even bad-smelling words.
I moved onto the Green category and figured out all the different ways to sway with groove. It’s not exactly dancing, but it isn’t not either, right? Blue came next with a word connection that confused me for quite a while. But in the end, I got it.
Finally, I had the four words in the Purple category, combined them all, and got the NYT Connections puzzle for January 6.
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.
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