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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 Monday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Monday, January 19 (Game #953).
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 #954) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- THE CRAVE
- TOWER
- BROOKLYN
- BUMBLE
- CARPENTER
- BLONDE
- NEEDLE
- TWIST
- HONEY
- WANTON
- WIND
- RIALTO
- DESIRE
- GOLDEN LIDS
- WEAVE
- KILLER
NEW Connections today (game #954) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Connect two things closely
- GREEN: Types of a striped insect
- BLUE: Notable water crossings
- PURPLE: A longing to begin
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 #954) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: MOVE
- GREEN: KIND OF BEES
- BLUE: FAMOUS BRIDGES
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “CHANGES FOR”
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #954) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #954, are…
- YELLOW: MOVE BLONDE, WIND, WEAVE, WIND
- GREEN: KIND OF BEES BUMBLE, WOOD, HONEY, KILLER
- BLUE: FAMOUS BRIDGES BROOKLYN, GOLDEN GATE, RIALTO, TOWER
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “CHANGES FOR” CRAVEN, DESIREE, NEEDLE, WANTON
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
I’d like to claim I saw crave, need, desire and want in CRAVEN, DESIREE, NEEDLE, WANTON, but I didn’t – it was a lucky guess when I was down to my last eight tiles.
Before that it was a day to BUMBLE through. I made the mistake of getting INTERTWINE when I first thought it was about crafting. I included NEEDLE for WIND and then TWIST before finally landing on the proper foursome.
FAMOUS BRIDGES was the only group I actually knew – TOWER Bridge I’ve crossed many times, including during the London Marathon, whereas my main memory of RIALTO is the fish market right next door.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Monday, January 19th, Game #953)
- YELLOW: INEXPERIENCED budding, FRESH, NAIVE, NEW
- GREEN: 🤑 BUNDLE, FORTUNE, MINT, WAD
- BLUE: MEASURED IN SI UNITS CURRENT, LENGTH, MASS, TIME
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “FAST” FIX, SAND, SILVER, STUDIES
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.
