Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Jan. 5 #939

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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle has a difficult purple category, unsurprisingly. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

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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: Facebook tasks.

Green group index: Very far away.

Blue group index: Think about museum exhibits.

Purple group index: Letter near the end of the alphabet.

Answers for Today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Things you can do on social media.

Green group: Farthest point.

Blue group: Artistic movements, with “ism”.

Purple group: What “V” could mean.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is what you can do on social media. The four responses are comment, like, hide and post.

Green words in today’s Connections

The theme is the furthest point. The four answers are end, extreme, opposite and pole.

Blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is that of artistic movements, with the “ism”. The four responses are brutal, impressional, mannered and real.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is what “V” could mean. The four answers are five, against, very and volt.

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