Today's Connections Hints & Answers for Tuesday, January 2 (#205)

Let's solve today's New York Times Connections word puzzle for Tuesday, January 2nd 2024. Below are helpful clues for Connection #205 to get those mental gears going.

How to Play Connections

Connections provides four groups of words along with a hint for each category. To solve:

1. Read the word groups and clues carefully.
2. Look for patterns and connections between the words in each group. The links may relate to definitions, attributes, sounds, origins or concept associations.
3. The clues highlight less obvious connections. Think flexibly about what ties the words together.
4. Eliminate invalid theories until you find the common thread that logically fits all words for a given group.
5. Puzzle through all four categories using deduction and outside-the-box thinking until the solution is found.

Connections Today: Hints for January 2nd

Yellow: Sandwich stackers

Green: Get in the way

Blue: Baseball scoring

Purple: Little ___

Connections Today: Categories for January 2nd

Yellow: BLT ingredients

Green: Obstruct

Blue: Baseball stats

Purple: Small ___

Want the answers right away? Scroll down. Otherwise, use the clues to try solving #205 yourself before peeking.

Connections Today: Answers for January 2nd 

BLT ingredients: BREAD, BACON, LETTUCE, TOMATO

Obstruct: BLOCK, CLOG, JAM, STOP

Baseball stats: DOUBLE, HIT, RUN, WALK

Small ___: FRY, TALK, WONDER, WORLD

How did you do with today's connections puzzle? Using the categories and hints carefully is the key. Check back daily to exercise your brain identifying patterns with New York Times Connections!