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, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.Today's Connections puzzlehas a couple of especially fun categories. The blue group plays to movie-lovers, and the purple group is one of those only-in-the-purple-category creations. 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.Read more:Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every TimeHints for today's Connections groupsHere 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: Gold medalist over silver.Green group hint: Also, ants.Blue group hint: "Throw me the idol!"Purple group hint: Think commanders in chief.Answers for today's Connections groupsYellow group: OutdoGreen group: Picnic accessoriesBlue group: Parts of an Indiana Jones costumePurple group: Rhymes of US president names.Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English WordsWhat are today's Connections answers? The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Jan. 23, 2025. NYT/Screenshot by CNETThe yellow words in today's ConnectionsThe theme is outdo. The four answers are better, eclipse, surpass and top.The green words in today's ConnectionsThe theme is picnic accessories. The four answers are basket, blanket, cooler and utensils.The blue words in today's ConnectionsThe theme is parts of an Indiana Jones costume. The four answers are bomber, fedora, satchel and whip.The purple words in today's ConnectionsThe theme is rhymes of US president names. The four answers are pagan, smarter, vixen and widen. (Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Biden.)