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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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Friday, January 9 (Game #943).
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 #944) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- BOOK
- BAR
- GRAM
- SHARE
- TUBE
- WEB
- JET
- APP
- MOLE
- STRAW
- DESKTOP
- TUBE
- SNAKE
- DIP
- VOLT
- MOBILE
NEW Connections today (game #944) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Cylindrical objects
- GREEN: Technology systems
- BLUE: Quick exit
- PURPLE: Lots of stuff
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 #944) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: HOLLOW CYLINDERS
- GREEN: SOFTWARE PLATFORM
- BLUE: TAKE OFF
- PURPLE: UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #944) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #944, are…
- YELLOW: HOLLOW CYLINDERS HOSE, PIPE, STRAW, PIPE
- GREEN: SOFTWARE PLATFORM APP, DESKTOP, MOBILE, WEB
- BLUE: TAKE OFF BOOK, DIP, JET, SPLIT
- PURPLE: UNITS OF MEASUREMENT BAR, GRAM, MOLE, VOLT
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
I made two mistakes today. The first was foolish, the second calculated – but both luckily resulted in a “one gone” pop up.
My first mistake was to include BAR in the group of HOLLOW CYLINDERS, instead of HOSE. I think it was because I was thinking of robust cylinders, rather than the more flexible hose – but very annoying to miss the blindingly obvious.
My second mistake came when I was collecting what I was sure were UNITS OF MEASUREMENT. MOLE didn’t feel right so I went with DIP at first, but I should have figured out it was short for molecule.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, January 9th, Game #943)
- YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE RED 3 BALLS, CARDINAL, HEART EMOJI, SOLO CUP
- GREEN: USED METAPHORICALLY FOR PRECISE SITUATIONS 8 BALL, DEEP END, LEMS, THIN ICE
- BLUE: MUSIC ARTISTS MINUS STARTING TRACKS 6 MAFIA, CHAINZ, DIRECTION, NOT LACE
- PURPLE: CARDINAL DIRECTIONS WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED COUTH, FORTH, LEST, EAST
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.
