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NYT Connections Hints January 3, 2025 #572

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Yellow Group Hints January 3, 2025

SINGLE: Being single is like being a superhero - everyone thinks you're lonely, but really you're just saving the world from bad relationships.

Hint One

👈

Related to footwear and foot structure

Hint Two

Parts and features of shoes and feet

Hint Three

Parts of a foot

Green Group Hints January 3, 2025

SOLE: Your shoe sole walks miles to protect you, yet you call it the lowest part. Show some respect to your loyal ground companion.

Hint One

👈

Different ways to refer to monetary units

Hint Two

Slang terms for dollar or money

Hint Three

One dollar

Blue Group Hints January 3, 2025

TRUMPET: A trumpet makes noise and gets applause, while humans make noise and get told to be quiet. Life isn't fair.

Hint One

👈

Each has a connection to both nature and music

Hint Two

Types of mushrooms and musical instruments

Hint Three

Kinds of mushrooms

Purple Group Hints January 3, 2025

HEEL: The heel is considered the lowest part of the shoe, yet without it, you'd fall flat. Sometimes the lowest position holds everything up.

Hint One

👈

These words commonly appear in idioms about fortune

Hint Two

Common elements in phrases expressing chance or misfortune

Hint Three

Pot___

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Parts of a foot

ARCH
BALL
HEEL
SOLE

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: One dollar

BUCK
CLAM
SINGLE
SMACKER

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Kinds of mushrooms

BUTTON
MOREL
OYSTER
TRUMPET

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Pot___

BELLY
HOLE
LUCK
STICKER