Today’s Tips, Answers to NYT Connections for January 18, #587

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Connections it was hard today. Music fans, look for some familiar words and you may find yourself filling in this sometimes tricky blue category before solving the others. Read on for today’s Connections tips and answers.

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Read more: Tips, advice and strategies to help you win at NYT Connections every time

Tips for today’s Connections groups

Here are four tips for grouping in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group, to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.

Yellow Group Tip: Longing.

Green Group Tip: Oh, that’s sharp!

Blue Band Tip: Turn up the music.

Purple Group Tip: Make a difference.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow Group: Desire

Green Group: Barb

Blue group: Recording information

Purple Group: Turn ____

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here are the most popular letters used in English words

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s links

The theme is desire. The four responses are drive, impulse, itch, and desire.

The green words in today’s relationships

The subject is prickly. The four answers are spine, spur, sticker and thorn.

The blue words in today’s relationships

The subject is recording information. The four answers are album, artist, label and song.

Purple words in today’s relationships

The theme is turn ____. The four answers are angle, page, tables, and tide.