Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Jan. 11 #945

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Tips for Today’s Connections Groups

Here are four clues for today’s Connections puzzle groupings, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.

Yellow group index: Bunch.

Green group index: Take the Nestea….

Blue group index: Do you want some water?

Purple group index: Henn!

Answers for Today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Band.

Green Group: Dive.

Blue group: Parts of a sink.

Purple group: Horse riding equipment.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is the group. The four answers are group, crew, pack and team.

Green words in today’s Connections

The theme is diving. The four answers are crash, crater, fall and tank.

Blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is parts of a sink. The four answers are sink, drain, faucet and stopper.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is equestrian equipment. The four answers are the bit, the crop, the halter and the saddle.

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