Today's NYT Connections hints and answers (January 5, 2025): All puzzle answers

Today's NYT Connections hints and answers can help you save your winning streak. The puzzle features 16 words as usual and challenges the community to categorize them into four sets of related words. Since players will only get four chances to figure out the answers and won't know the category names until solving the puzzle, they must rely on their guesses, making the task much tougher.

Therefore, this article brings four hints to help you identify the categories. We also have a segment that features the answers for today's puzzle so you can cross-check your guesses before submitting them.

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Today's NYT Connections hints (January 5, 2025)

The hints for the NYT Connections puzzle for January 5, 2025, are provided below:

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

Categories	Hints
Yellow category	These are often used to describe inactive people.
Green category	The words in this category relate to income.
Blue category	These words are related to remote-controlled devices.
Purple category	These words are related to drums.

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NYT Connections answers for today (January 5, 2025)

The NYT Connections answers for January 5, 2025, are provided in the table below:

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

Categories	Answers
Yellow category	These words are synonyms for "Hardly Bustling." The words are Tired, Sleepy, Quiet, and Slow.
Green category	These words mean "Earn." The words are Gross, Yield, Net, and Make.
Blue category	These are Remote Control Functions. The words are Home, Stop, Mute, and Volume.
Purple category	These are Words Before "Drum". The words are Ear, Oil, Kettle, and Snare.

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