NYT Connections Hints Answers Clues Today for January 17, #586

Hey, there! It’s another round for the NYT Connections number 586. Get Connections hints and answers for today, January 17, Friday. 

Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, January 17, are coming here. NYT Connections is the second most popular and played game after the Wordle puzzle in the New York Times Games. Read further until you find the solutions of NYT Connections with hints and answers.

The New York Times offers a word game called Connections that challenges gamers to find themes between words. In NYT Connections, gamers have 16 words to make four groups of four items in each group. Each word must share a common thread. The themes between the words include animals, food items, book titles, movie characters, etc.

How to Play NYT Connections

New York Times Connections have 16 words in a 4x4 grid. Puzzlers need to create four groups of four items. Each group category must have a common theme.  Connections groups can be synonyms, animals, food ingredients, movie characters, book titles, etc. 

Each day the puzzle is edited by ‘Wyna Liu’. Each group is assigned color-coded difficulty levels. The color-coded groups are Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple. The yellow is the easiest or most straightforward, and the purple is the hardest or trickiest group.

Today’s Connections puzzle might be difficult for you, but after following these steps, you can win the NYT Wordle on the first attempt. 

• Go through the 4x4 grid of words carefully and think about categories with synonyms, animals, book titles, characters, etc. 
• Align the four groups with 4 items in each group and submit them. 
• Celebrate your winning if you win it in four given chances; otherwise, keep practicing with us.
• Mind the chances, as there are not 4 chances to win the puzzle; otherwise, it is game over.