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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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Friday, January 2nd (Game #936).
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 #937) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- GENERAL
- BAR
- BLANKET
- SLAUGHTER
- TOTAL
- WORK
- UMBRELLA
- NURSE
- PRIVATE
- JEAN
- MAJOR
- DIAMONDS
- WILLY
- JOGGER
- SOS
- CAPTAIN
NEW Connections today (game #937) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Chain of command
- GREEN: Pants types
- BLUE: RiRi tracks
- PURPLE: Begin with a moist word
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 #937) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: THE ARMY
- GREEN: LEG WEAR IN SINGULAR
- BLUE: RIHANNA #1 HITS
- PURPLE: WET_____
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #937) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #937, are…
- YELLOW: THE ARMY CAPTAIN, GENERAL, MAJOR, PRIVATE
- GREEN: LEG WEAR IN SINGULAR JEANS, JOGGERS, OVERALLS, SLIM
- BLUE: RIHANNA #1 HITS DIAMONDS, SOS, UMBRELLA, WORK
- PURPLE: WET_____ BAR, BLANKET, NURSING, WILLY
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
I know she is happy to build her cosmetics and fashion empire and become one of the richest business tycoons in the world, but I miss Rihanna as a pop star. She was excellent at it.
That said, I’m ashamed that I completely missed all of RIHANNA’s #1 HITS – I blame her absence from the radio for the last decade.
Instead I managed to fumble the purple group together, even though I only had BLANKET and NURSE to go on, I guessed my way to success after initially thinking wet work was a thing. Maybe that’s what they call it if your job is a PARAPLY tester?
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, January 2nd, Game #936)
- 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
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.
