Get NYT Connections Hints for January 3, 2025. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #572, including word connections and hidden categories.
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BUTTON: Buttons spend their whole life holding things together, while humans can't even keep their promises intact.
Related to footwear and foot structure
Parts and features of shoes and feet
Parts of a foot
HOLE: A hole is not empty space - it's a window to another perspective. Maybe we're all just holes in someone else's reality.
Different ways to refer to monetary units
Slang terms for dollar or money
One dollar
TRUMPET: A trumpet makes noise and gets applause, while humans make noise and get told to be quiet. Life isn't fair.
Each has a connection to both nature and music
Types of mushrooms and musical instruments
Kinds of mushrooms
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.
These words commonly appear in idioms about fortune
Common elements in phrases expressing chance or misfortune
Pot___
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Hint: Parts of a foot
Hint: One dollar
Hint: Kinds of mushrooms
Hint: Pot___