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A new NEW Connections puzzle pops up at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people are always playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s”. If you’re looking for the Thursday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Thursday, January 1st (Game #935).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need Connections tips.
SPOILER ALERT: Today’s NYT Connections information is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NEW Connections today (game #936) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- HIV
- ROUTINE
- RECORD
- NUMBER
- ONION
- STANDARD
- BIT
- JOT
- QUASH
- BAR
- NOTE
- EEK
- METRIC
- GAG
- ALE
- EXAMPLE
NEW Connections today (game #936) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Use a pen or pencil to do this
- GREEN: Signature moves
- BLUE: Measured against
- PURPLE: Food items lack their meaning
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NEW Connections today (game #936) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: WRITE
- GREEN: SHTICK
- BLUE: BENCHMARK
- PURPLE: VEGETABLES MINUS INITIAL LETTER
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #936) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #936, are…
- YELLOW: WRITE JOT, LOG, NOTE, RECORD
- GREEN: SHTICK BIT, GAG, NUMBER, ROUTINE
- BLUE: BENCHMARK BAR, EXAMPLE, METRIC, STANDARD
- PURPLE: VEGETABLES MINUS INITIAL LETTER ALE, EEK, HIVE, QUASH
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
A perfect round for me in terms of difficulty, but with somewhat less than perfect gameplay.
My mistake came in thinking we were looking for cataloging formats instead of WRITE, so I had NUMBER instead of JOT. While SHTICK I was led to believe it was about the elements of a stand-up comedy performance.
I’m annoyed that I didn’t see the purple group of VEGETABLES MINUS INITIAL LETTER, although to be fair to myself, these weren’t the most obvious choice of vegetables.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Thursday, January 1st, Game #935)
- YELLOW: A BIT OF MAGIC CHARM, CURSE, HEX, SPELL
- GREEN: REMOVE COVER PEEL, SHELL, SHUCK, SKIN
- BLUE: “ENTHUSIAST” EQUIVALENT BUFF, HEAD, DOG, RAT
- PURPLE: BUTTER_____ FINGERS, FLUVES, NUTS, SCOTCH
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four elements that share something in common, and each group has a different degree of difficulty: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough, and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the last one, as you’ll be able to answer it by a process of elimination. Also, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a bit more involved than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to let you beat yourself up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that can hide the answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
