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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 30 (Game #964).
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 #965) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- DRESS
- WISH BONE
- ROLL
- BALL
- SHOWER
- STETHOSCOPE
- BRUSH
- MIXER
- SLING SKIN
- SPRAY TANK
- RECEPTION
- COMPUTER KEY
- FLUCTUATION
- TUNING FORK
- PERIOD OF WORK
- PALLET KNIFE
NEW Connections today (game #965) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Types of events
- GREEN: Tools for decoration
- BLUE: United by an outline of a letter
- PURPLE: Think of a word that rhymes with “lift”
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 #965) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FORM OF PARTIES
- GREEN: WAYS TO APPLY PAINT
- BLUE: Y-SHAPED THINGS
- PURPLE: WHAT “SHIFT” MAY REFER TO
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #965) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #965, are…
- YELLOW: FORM OF PARTIES BALL, MIXER, RECEPTION, SHOWER
- GREEN: WAYS TO APPLY PAINT BRUSH, PALLET KNIFE, ROLLER, SPRAY CAN
- BLUE: Y-SHAPED THINGS SNAPSHOT, STETHOSCOPE, TUNING FORK, WISHING BONE
- PURPLE: WHAT “SHIFT” MAY REFER TO COMPUTER KEY, CELLAR, DEVELOPMENT, WORKING PERIOD
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: Perfect
Getting a purple first is still the biggest buzz you can get from playing Connections – well it does for me anyway, as it’s a very rare occurrence.
I’d like to say that the key to a purple-first success strategy is to study the board or write notes on each piece, but I guess you either see it or you don’t, and today WORK PERIOD was the weird way of saying “SHIFT” that sent me on my way to glory.
Meanwhile, the blue group Y-SHAPED THINGS completely passed me by.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, January 30, Game #964)
- YELLOW: REGION AREA, CLUSTER, NOISE, POCKET
- GREEN: STIGLING ARTICLES COMB, COMPACT, NAIL FILE, TWEEZERS
- BLUE: THINGS WITH STICKY SURFACES BAND-AID, RIBBON ROLL, STICKERS, TAPE
- PURPLE: ___ HAND HELPING, MINUTE, POKER, UPPER
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.
