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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 26 (Game #960).
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 #961) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- BATMOBILE
- FREE
- SHORT
- ROBIN
- JOKER
- CELLAR
- PENGUIN
- CHARACTER
- SHERIFF
- DEVIL
- CAPSTONE
- FLYING
- RANKING
- GIRL
- BALLROOM
- CUTTING OUT
NEW Connections today (game #961) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A funny person
- GREEN: Hockey player
- BLUE: His happy men and woman
- PURPLE: Originally seen as Yankee Stadium
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 #961) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GOOD LAUGH
- GREEN: NHL TEAM MEMBER
- BLUE: FIRST WORDS OF ROBIN HOOD CHARACTER NAMES
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH BASEBALL GEAR
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #961) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #961, are…
- YELLOW: GOOD LAUGH CARD, CHARACTER, CUTUP, JOKER
- GREEN: NHL TEAM MEMBER DEVIL, FLYER, PENGUIN, RANGER
- BLUE: FIRST WORDS OF ROBIN HOOD CHARACTER NAMES FRIAR, MAID, ROBIN, SHERIFF
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH BASEBALL GEAR BALLROOM, CELLAR, BATMOBILE, LOCATION STONE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
If you’ve been playing Connections for a while, I’m sure you – like me – had a strong sense of deja-vu today as several previously played categories reappeared and the Caped Crusader made another sneaky appearance.
Although all senses told me it was a trap. I couldn’t resist connecting ROBIN, BATMOBILE, PENGUIN and JOKER. Then I made another mistake but got closer, with QUITE THE LAUGH connecting CARD, CHARACTER and JOKER, but tried DEVIL instead of CUTUP.
With a group down I saw the names of NHL TEAM MEMBERS and was on my way to the finish line after seeing ball, cap, bat and base at the start of BALLROOM, CAPSTONE, BATMOBILE and BASEMENT.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Monday, January 26, Game #960)
- YELLOW: EXPLOITATION DANISH, FLEECE, MILK, CRIMEA
- GREEN: TERRIBLE BUFFALO, COW, RALLING, RUFFLE
- BLUE: ICONIC ACTORS CLOSE, MARK, FOSTER, WEAVER
- PURPLE: PATMYR MINUS LAST LETTER BADGE, GOA, MOOS, RABBI
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.
