Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Jan. 31, #600


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Today’s Connections puzzle has a fun green category. The rest of the clues are more formal, but some of these are pretty slangy. One might say they’re as clear as the nose on your face, but if you’re stuck on a category, read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. And players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Where you put stuff.

Green group hint: Nose nicknames.

Blue group hint: Picky

Purple group hint: Splish-splash

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Storage containers

Green group: Schnozz

Blue group: Ones with discerning tastes

Purple group: Starts of swimming strokes

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What are today’s Connections answers?

completed NYT Connections puzzle for Jan 31, 2025, #600

NYT/Screenshot by CNET

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is storage containers. The four answers are case, chest, crate and trunk.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is schnozz. The four answers are beak, honker, snoot and snout.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is ones with discerning tastes. The four answers are connoisseur, critic, expert and snob.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is starts of swimming strokes. The four answers are back, breast, butter and free.




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