Current NYT Connections Tips, Answers for Jan. 12, #581

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Oh, you bet I spotted a video game in today’s NYT Connections photos. But of course, the editors had to throw in a red herring that was always in the purple category instead. Have you played Atari today? Read on for today’s Connections tips and answers.

The Times now has a Connections Botlike Wordle. Go there after playing to receive numbers and have the app check your answers. They are players who have registered for the Times Games section they can now interfere with their progressincluding the number of puzzles completed, the number of successes, the number of successful achievements and their success.

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Tips for modern Connections groups

Here are four facts about today’s Connections photo groups, ranked from the simple, yellow group to the bold (and weird) purple group.

Yellow group information: Not real

Green team idea: Kissing

Blue team idea: Like Pac-Man

Purple group: Dogs shake them

Answers to modern Connections groups

Yellow group: Fiction

Green team: Woo

Blue team: Classic Atari games

Purple group: Objects with tails

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What are the current solutions for Connections?

Yellow text in current Connections

Its theme is design. These four answers are myth, fantasy, fiction and fantasy.

Green words in modern Connections

His title is woo. The four answers are charm, courtship, compliance, love.

Blue text in modern Connections

This title is a classic Atari game. The four answers are Asteroids, Breakout, Centipede and Defender.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The subject is the stuff with tails. The four answers are coin toss, comets, dress coat and Sonic the Hedgehog.