Today’s NYT Connections Tips, Answers for January 1st #935

Here are some tips and answers for the January 1 NYT Connections Puzzle #935.

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Tips for Today’s Connections Groups

Here are four clues for today’s Connections puzzle groupings, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.

Yellow group index: Abracadabra!

Green group index: Husk is another word for it.

Blue group index: Big fan.

Purple group index: No margarine.

Answers for Today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: A little magic.

Green group: Remove the covering.

Blue group: “Passionate” equivalent.

Purple group: Butter ____.

Learn more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today’s Connections answers?

The NYT Connections puzzle completed by January 1, 2025.

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is a bit magical. The four answers are charm, curse, spell and spell.

Green words in today’s Connections

The theme is to remove the coating. The four answers are skin, shell, hull and skin.

Blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is equivalent to “passionate”. The four answers are chamois, head, dog and rat.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is ____ butter. The four answers are fingers, fly, nut and tape.


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The most difficult connections puzzles

We’ve noted some of the most difficult Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.

#5: Include “elements you can set”, such as atmosphere, record, table and volleyball.

#4: Included “one in a dozen,” like the egg, the juror, the month, and the rose.

#3: Included “Screen Streets”, such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.

#2: Includes “___ power” such as Nap, Plant, Ranger, and Travel.

#1: Include “things that can leak,” like the candidate, faucet, mascara, and nose.

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