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 #952) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- QUOTE
- PICK
- PRICE
- TOTAL
- DAMAGE
- TITLE
- BILL
- GIVE
- AUTHOR
- WINGS
- COOPER
- PAUSE
- WEBING
- THE WRECK
- SYNOPSIS
- FEATHER
NEW Connections today (game #952) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Bird characteristics
- GREEN: destroy something
- BLUE: Set on paperback
- PURPLE: Stars on the silver screen
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 #952) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FEATURES OF A DUCK
- GREEN: DESTROY
- BLUE: FOUND ON A BOOK JACKET
- PURPLE: CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD ACTORS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #952) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #952, are…
- YELLOW: FEATURES OF A DUCK BUBBLING, FEATHERS, WEBBING, WINGS
- GREEN: DESTROY BREAK, DAMAGE, TOTAL, RUBRIC
- BLUE: FOUND ON A BOOK JACKET AUTHOR, QUOTE, SYNOPSIS, TITLE
- PURPLE: CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD ACTORS BUCKS, GRANT, PACK, PRICE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: 1 error
I guessed correctly that we were trying to connect four tiles associated with things, FIND A BOOK JACKET today, but I included PRICE instead of SYNOPSIS in the quartet.
I can’t help but think that I should fall into this trap.
Fortunately, other than this crossover between the two hardest groups, the rest of the game was pretty straightforward – although I may have spent too much time pondering why BILL, FEATHERS, WEBBING and WINGS are FUNCTIONS OF A DUCK and not some other bird they could also apply to.
When I disappeared into a duck-shaped Google hole today, I learned that ducks have different accents depending on where they call home—town ducks are taller—and that they have filtering teeth inside their beaks. Exciting.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Saturday, January 17th, Game #951)
- 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
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.
