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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, January 25 (Game #959).
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 #960) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- EMBRYO
- COW
- BADGE
- MILK
- RABBI
- RATTLE
- FIELD
- MOSS
- PRESS
- CLOSE
- RUFFLE
- FLEECE
- WEAVER
- DRAIN
- GOA
- BUFFALO
NEW Connections today (game #960) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Take advantage of someone
- GREEN: Get started with a situation
- BLUE: Silver screen females
- PURPLE: Beast with no end
Need more clues?
NEW Connections today (game #960) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: EXPLOITATION
- GREEN: TERRIBLE
- BLUE: ICONIC ACTORS
- PURPLE: PATMYR MINUS LAST LETTER
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #960) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #960, are…
- 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
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
An interesting but difficult game today, with lots of crossovers. I was on the right track with DAUNT, although I thought it was more about pushing someone, so I had BADGE instead of BUFFALO.
After it came up as ‘one gone’ it clicked that the word I was looking for was BADGER – which led me to see the other three words which were PATTEMULER MINUS THE LAST LETTER.
I had an interesting late night experience with a BADGER last year when I woke up in the early hours to one that had tumbled over our bin rummaging through the rubbish and instead of running away – I thought they were shy animals – it stared me down before reluctantly rolling away like a boss.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Sunday, January 25th, Game #959)
- YELLOW: WORKS AS A BACKUP COVER, FILL, SUB, TEMP
- GREEN: PC KEYBOARD KEYS ALT, ENTER, MENU, WINDOWS
- BLUE: PASTA SHAPES BOWTIE, RIBBON, SHELL, PIPE
- PURPLE: ENDINGS ATE, DOM, HOOD, SHIP
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.
