Today's NYT Connections hints and answers (January 20, 2025): All puzzle answers

Modified Jan 20, 2025 00:44 IST

Today's NYT Connections hints and answers (January 20, 2025) can help you save your winning streak. The New York Times features 16 words in this daily puzzle, challenging the community to categorize them into four sets of related words.

However, the puzzle can be challenging since you only get four chances to solve it. Moreover, you cannot know the names of the categories until you have completed them.

This article provides hints to help you determine the names of the categories. You can also cross-check your answers from the final segment of this article before submitting them.

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Today's NYT Connections hints (January 20, 2025)

The hints for the NYT Connections puzzle for January 20, 2025, are provided below:

All words for NYT Connections today (Image via The New York Times)

Categories	Hints
Yellow category	These words relate to taking on burdens.
Green category	These things share a general shape.
Blue category	We all have seen this sailor in our childhood.
Purple category	These words sit before a flat rectangular object.

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The NYT Connections answers for today (January 20, 2025)

The NYT Connections answers for January 20, 2025, are listed below:

All NYT Connections answers for today (Image via The New York Times)

Categories	Answers
Yellow category	This category is called "Take On, As a Responsibility." The words are Bear, Assume, Shoulder, and Handle.
Green category	These are Corners. The words are Crook, Angle, Elbow, and Bend.
Blue category	These words are Associated with Popeye. The words are Forearm, Spinach, Pipe, and Anchor.
Purple category	These words sits before ____Sheet. The words are Cookie, Cheat, Balance, and Fitted.

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