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Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers.

And farther down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers.

NYT Connections board for January 30, 2025: HALO, RIGATONI, AIR, WINGS, ROMEO, HARP, DIP, DWELL, PIZZA, PARISH, LINGER, VIBE, BERNIE, AURA, BEER, INSIST.

Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!

Green category - Stuff on hand for a Super Bowl party.

Blue category - Can we move on, like?

BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Connections puzzle!

Were about to give away some of the answers.

Scroll slowly if you dont want the whole thing spoiled.

(The full solution is a bit further down.)

HALO, WINGS, and HARP do not go together.

HARP is a verb and WINGS are edible.

If youre struggling with todays purple category, you may wish to refer tothis reference page.

What are the categories in todays Connections?

I give them all away below.

What are the yellow words in todays Connections?

The yellow grouping is considered to be the most straightforward.

What are the green words in todays Connections?

The green grouping is supposed to be the second-easiest.

What are the blue words in todays Connections?

The blue grouping is the second-hardest.

What are the purple words in todays Connections?

The purple grouping is considered to be the hardest.

Oh, WINGS and AURA could go with those, too.

PARISH is also a religious word, but it doesnt fit as cleanly here.

LINGER and DWELL could go together.

I think PIZZA, BEER, WINGS, and DIP probably go together now.

If this is right, Im not sure about the last four, but lets try this category first.

OK, so that leaves BERNIE, PARISH, ROMEO, and RIGATONI.

BERNIE makes me think of Bernie Sanders, but I dont think thats getting me anywhere.

None of these other words go with Sanders.

STARTING WITH EUROPEAN CAPITALS?

That was a tricky one.

Youll see a game board with 16 tiles, each with one word or phrase.

Your job is to select a group of four tiles that have something in common.

Select four items and hit the Submit button.

If you guessed correctly, the category and color will be revealed.

(Yellow is easiest, followed by green, then blue, then purple.)

If your guess was incorrect, youll get a chance to give it another spin.

You win when youve correctly identified all four groups.

But if you make four mistakes before you finish, the game ends and the answers are revealed.

Expect to see overlapping groups.

So dont hit submit until youve confirmed that your group of four containsonlythose four things.

If youre stuck, another strategy is to look at the words that seem to havenoconnection to the others.

Check back tomorrow for the next puzzle!