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It's just about a month till the Oscars, and today's Connections puzzle has a fun movie-related category. These films may not be Oscar winners, but they're popular enough that you'll likely recognize them even if you haven't been to a theater since before the pandemic. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. And players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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Hints for today's Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today's Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Keep or retain.
Green group hint: Think zzzz...
Blue group hint: Get your popcorn.
Purple group hint: Like a home.
Answers for today's Connections groups
Yellow group: Owned.
Green group: Things you might do in your sleep.
Blue group: Movie series with 2024 releases.
Purple group: ____ house.
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What are today's Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Wednesday, Jan 29, 2025.
The yellow words in today's Connections
The theme is owned. The four answers are bore, had, held and possessed.
The green words in today's Connections
The theme is things you might do in your sleep. The four answers are dream, drool, snore and talk.
The blue words in today's Connections
The theme is movie series with 2024 releases. The four answers are Alien, Venom, Gladiator and Wicked.
The purple words in today's Connections
The theme is ____ house. The four answers are full, gingerbread, haunted and white.
Toughest Connections puzzles
We've made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they'll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included "things you can set," such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included "one in a dozen," such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included "streets on screen," such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included "power ___" such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included "things that can run," such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.