Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. So the purple category in the NYT Connections puzzle was kind of entertaining today,

Looking for clues for today's Connections answers? The Connections answers on January 10 for puzzle #579 is slightlier easier than yesterday's puzzle, with the Connections Companion rating this puzzle's difficulty at 2.