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A new NEW Connections puzzle pops up at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people always play ‘today’s game’ while others play ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Friday, January 16 (Game #950).
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 #951) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- PLASTER
- SLING
- HIDE
- BLANKET
- LEATHER
- WASH
- RED
- COAT
- SKIN
- COVER
- CAST
- INK
- SIMON
- HURT
- KINS
- CAPTURE
NEW Connections today (game #951) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Extend a layer
- GREEN: Throw forward
- BLUE: Same letters in different order
- PURPLE: The start of childish pursuits
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 #951) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SPREAD OVER
- GREEN: THROW
- BLUE: ANAGRAMS
- PURPLE: FIRST WORDS IN KIDS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #951) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #951, are…
- YELLOW: SPREAD OVER CARPET, RUGS, COVERS, PLASTER
- GREEN: THROW CAST, HANDLE, SKIN, SLING
- BLUE: ANAGRAMS INK, KINS, WASH, SKIN
- PURPLE: FIRST WORDS IN KIDS CATCH, HIDE, RED, SIMON
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 errors
I made hard work of today’s yellow group by including SKIN and then HIDE instead of PLASTER before finally finding the right quartet.
The green and blue groups were easier, but as always I was wary of Connections’ tricks.
A quartet of four-letter ANAGRAMS seemed far too obvious, but sometimes the obvious is correct—all part of keeping us on our toes.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, January 16, Game #950)
- YELLOW: KIND OF HATS DERBY, FEDORA, PANAMA, PORKPIE
- GREEN: COMPONENTS OF A CHILD’S BEDTIME ROUTINE BATH, BRUSHING, PAJAMAS, STORY
- BLUE: MUSICAL CREATIONS WITH “A” AS THE ONLY VOCAL ALABAMA, BANANARAMA, KANSAS, SANTANA
- PURPLE: GRAND ____ BAHAMA, CANYON, PIANO, SLAM
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.
