Get NYT Connections Hints for January 2, 2025. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #571, including word connections and hidden categories.
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PADDLE: People think they're paddling through life, but maybe life is the paddle, and we're just the water being pushed around.
These actions involve observation and documentation
Ways to officially record or observe something
Perceive
TIRED: Everyone says they're tired of life, but maybe life is tired of watching us waste it.
Musical and measurement concepts
Related to temporal patterns and measurement
Cadence
CATCH: We think we're catching opportunities, but maybe opportunities are catching us, and we're just the bait.
Circle of something
Each represents a specific quantity or count
One in a group of twelve
METER: We use meters to measure distance, but no meter can measure how far we've strayed from ourselves.
Could be related to games or physical states
Each can function as both nouns and descriptors
Dog ___
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Hint: Perceive
Hint: Cadence
Hint: One in a group of twelve
Hint: Dog ___