Today’s ‘Connections’ Hints And Answers For Thursday, January 4

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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 4

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:

• MATCH
• BOX
• CHARM
• STRIKE
• BOW
• DUCK
• SICK
• SWIPE
• FIRE
• CARD
• BLOCK
• TIGHT
• BREAK
• MESSAGE
• LIT
• WRAPPING

And the clues for today’s groups are:

1. Yellow group — items used to offer someone a thoughtfully presented gift
2. Green group — Tinder and Bumble options
3. Blue group — funky, with it
4. Purple group — fortunate things, perhaps?

Connections Groups For January 4

Need some extra help?

Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.

Today’s groups are…

• Yellow group — gift-giving accessories
• Green group — dating app actions
• Blue group — cool, in slang
• Purple group — lucky ____

Connections Answers For January 4

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 — gift-giving accessories (BOW, BOX, CARD, WRAPPING)
• Green group — dating app actions (BLOCK, MATCH, MESSAGE, SWIPE)
• Blue group — cool, in slang (FIRE, LIT, SICK, TIGHT)
• Purple group — lucky ____ (BREAK, CHARM, DUCK, STRIKE)

A second straight perfect game takes my overall winning streak back up to 10.

Because I’m like, the illest person you know, I got the blues immediately. I clocked the green words next, with MESSAGE and SWIPE being the core clues for that. There aren’t too many words that would match up with WRAPPING, so I got the yellows next. That left the purples for another win.

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 Friday’s game if you need them.

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