Open Connections

NYT Connections Hints January 11, 2025 #580

As a fellow word puzzle enthusiast, I've designed these hints to be progressive to preserve your enjoyment of the game. Please reveal them in order, starting from the top. While official hints and answers are available at the bottom, I strongly encourage you to think through each connection yourself before checking them.

Yellow Group Hints January 11, 2025

NETWORK: We think we use networks, but networks are actually using us to expand themselves

Hint One

👈

These structures help arrange information in rows and columns

Hint Two

Think about spreadsheet-like arrangements

Hint Three

Display of rows and columns

Green Group Hints January 11, 2025

TENNIS: The ball isn't being played - it's playing both players against each other

Hint One

👈

These actions describe moving among and engaging with others

Hint Two

Social activities that involve exchange or movement

Hint Three

Things to do at a work event

Blue Group Hints January 11, 2025

BREAKING: Nothing actually breaks - it just transforms into more pieces of itself

Hint One

👈

These involve controlled body movements

Hint Two

Olympic or competitive sports

Hint Three

Olympic events since 2000

Purple Group Hints January 11, 2025

TAEKWONDO: You don't practice Taekwondo - Taekwondo practices using your body

Hint One

👈

These words can all be followed by 'court'

Hint Two

Think about legal, sports, and dining venues

Hint Three

___ court

Get NYT Connections Answers January 11, 2025 #580

⚠️ Spoiler Warning!

We strongly recommend trying to solve the puzzle yourself first! Looking at the answers directly will take away the joy and satisfaction of discovering the connections on your own. If you've already given it your best shot and still want to see the solution, you can continue scrolling down - the answers are below the image.

NYT Connections Game

Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Display of rows and columns

ARRAY
GRID
MATRIX
TABLE

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Things to do at a work event

CIRCULATE
CONVERSE
MINGLE
NETWORK

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Olympic events since 2000

BREAKING
SURFING
TAEKWONDO
TRAMPOLINE

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: ___ court

FOOD
KANGAROO
SUPREME
TENNIS