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 #949) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- CEREAL
- STATIC
- MELTED
- SNOW
- LEVITES
- SALT
- CARTRIDGE
- SHOVEL
- SNAKE
- STATIONARY
- SPADE
- JACKAL
- FROZEN
- TEAR
- DIFFERENCE
- STILL
NEW Connections today (game #949) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Used to tame plants
- GREEN: Don’t rock
- BLUE: A common crystal structure
- PURPLE: Double male
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 #949) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GARDEN TOOLS
- GREEN: STILL
- BLUE: THINGS THAT COME IN FLAKES
- PURPLE: WORD FORMED FROM TWO MEN’S NAMES
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #949) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #949, are…
- YELLOW: GARDEN TOOLS HOSE, RAKE, SHOVEL, SPADE
- GREEN: STILL FROZEN, STATIC, STATIONARY, STILL
- BLUE: THINGS THAT COME IN FLAKES GRAIN, SHELL, SALT, SNOW
- PURPLE: WORD FORMED FROM TWO MEN’S NAMES JACKAL, LEVITATE, MELTED, CARTRIDGE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I regret not jumping to get the purple group today as the first thing I saw when I looked over the tiles were the men’s names in MELTED and PATRON.
Alas, I didn’t see that they—along with LEVITATE and JACKAL—were WORDS FORMED FROM TWO MEN’S NAMES. Thanks if you have it.
The rest of the groups were pretty straightforward once you avoided the trap of putting together a snow-themed quartet.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Wednesday, January 14th, Game #948)
- YELLOW: FIXED FAST, FIRM, SAFE, TAME
- GREEN: RECEIVER OF GOODS OR SERVICES ACCOUNT, CLIENT, CONSUMER, USER
- BLUE: STARTS WITH WEATHER CONDITIONS FROSTY, MISTLET, RAIN MAKER, SNOWMAN
- PURPLE: QUIET AUCTION, MOVIE, PARTNER, TREATMENT
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.
