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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 Sunday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Sunday, February 1st (Game #966).
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 #967) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- POPULAR
- PERIOD
- CROSS
- PISTON
- SPAN
- HYMN
- PASS
- RYAN
- LANYARD
- STRETCH
- REACHER
- MARPLE
- FAIR
- INTERVAL
- HANDBAND
- BOSCH
NEW Connections today (game #967) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A long time
- GREEN: ID formats
- BLUE: Fictional detectives
- PURPLE: Altered plants
Need more clues?
NEW Connections today (game #967) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DURATION
- GREEN: CREDIT FOR ACCESS
- BLUE: MODERN CRIME SERIES MAINHOLDERS
- PURPLE: TREES PLUS A LETTER
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #967) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #967, are…
- YELLOW: DURATION INTERVAL, PERIOD, STRETCH, STRETCH
- GREEN: CREDIT FOR ACCESS LANYARD, PASSPORT, STAMP, BRACELET
- BLUE: MODERN CRIME SERIES MAINHOLDERS BOSCH, CROSS, REACHER, RYAN
- PURPLE: TREES PLUS A LETTER FAIR, MARPLE, POPULAR, HYMN
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
After getting the easy/yellow group in a short amount of time, I spent a longer PERIOD working on what became MODERN CRIME SERIES PROTAGONISTS.
My mistakes came in assuming that MARPLE belonged with the other two detectives I knew from the TV incarnations – BOSCH and REACHER – and left me guessing with RYAN and CROSS. After two “one aways” I deduced that the older spinster was a red herring.
With only eight spaces remaining, ACCOUNTING REPORTS FOR ACCESS were easy to spot, with the last purple group finally revealing the purpose of MARPLE.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Sunday, February 1, Game #966)
- YELLOW: PUBLISHER BOOST, HYPE, PITCH, PLUG
- BLUE: ANTHEM BANGER, BOP, HOT, JAM
- GREEN: SHAPE OF SHOE SNAP, FLAT, MULE, WEDGE
- PURPLE: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PLUS START LETTER GLUTE, MORGAN, SHARRP, THORN
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.
