Today’s Tips, Answers to NYT Connections for January 9, #578

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I thought the green and purple bands were especially fun in today’s relationships. Purple will make you hum a certain familiar song — yes, that’s a hint. And Stephen King fans, you might think you see some of this horror master’s titles among the clues. You do, but this puzzle never makes it easy. Read on for today’s Connections tips and answers.

The Times now has a Connections Botlike the one for Wordle. Go there after playing to get a numerical score and have the program analyze your answers. And players who are registered in the Times Games section can now geek out by following their progressincluding number of puzzles completed, win percentage, number of times they achieved a perfect score and their winning streak.

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 Hint: You can buy fruit here.

Green Group Tip: Roll over! shake it!

Blue Group Hint: HR is another.

Purple Group Tip: For spacious skies.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Market seller’s place.

Green Group: Dog commands.

Blue Group: Corporate Departments.

Purple Band: Last Words on America the Beautiful.

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 topic is the seller’s place in the market. The four answers are booth, stand, booth, and table.

The green words in today’s relationships

The topic is dog commands. The four answers are come, five, sit and stay.

The blue words in today’s relationships

The topic is corporate departments. The four answers are finance, IT, law and sales.

Purple words in today’s relationships

The subject is the last words in America the Beautiful. The four answers are from, sea, shining and to.