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NYT Connections Hints January 2, 2025 #571

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Yellow Group Hints January 2, 2025

PADDLE: People think they're paddling through life, but maybe life is the paddle, and we're just the water being pushed around.

Hint One

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These actions involve observation and documentation

Hint Two

Ways to officially record or observe something

Hint Three

Perceive

Green Group Hints January 2, 2025

MONTH: We count months to track time, but months don't count us. To a month, we're just temporary guests in its eternal calendar.

Hint One

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Musical and measurement concepts

Hint Two

Related to temporal patterns and measurement

Hint Three

Cadence

Blue Group Hints January 2, 2025

INCH: An inch on a ruler thinks it's measuring the world, but the world doesn't measure itself in inches.

Hint One

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Circle of something

Hint Two

Each represents a specific quantity or count

Hint Three

One in a group of twelve

Purple Group Hints January 2, 2025

RHYTHM: We try to find our rhythm in life, but maybe we're just notes in someone else's song.

Hint One

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Could be related to games or physical states

Hint Two

Each can function as both nouns and descriptors

Hint Three

Dog ___

Get NYT Connections Answers January 2, 2025 #571

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Perceive

CATCH
CLOCK
NOTICE
REGISTER

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Cadence

BEAT
METER
RHYTHM
TIME

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: One in a group of twelve

DONUT
INCH
JUROR
MONTH

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Dog ___

DAYS
PADDLE
TAG
TIRED