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 #956) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- HOURS
- Fumble
- SHARP
- SHARP
- TURNOVER
- ELLEN
- SNAP
- MISS
- USE
- CLEAR
- SHOE MAKER
- TRAVEL
- USE
- FLUFF
- DISTINCT
- STRUDEL
NEW Connections today (game #956) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Photographic expressions
- GREEN: Apple puddings
- BLUE: Bad luck
- PURPLE: Add to famous journals
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 #956) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: WELL DEFINED, LIKE A PICTURE
- GREEN: FRUIT DESSERTS
- BLUE: BUNGE
- PURPLE: MAGAZINES PLUS A LETTER
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #956) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #956, are…
- YELLOW: WELL DEFINED, LIKE A PICTURE CLEAR, SHARP, DISTINCT, SHARP
- GREEN: FRUIT DESSERTS SHOEMAKER, SMULLE, STRUDEL, TURNOVER
- BLUE: BUNGE LUFF, FUMBLE, MISS, TURN
- PURPLE: MAGAZINES PLUS A LETTER ELLEN, SPINY, TIMER, USE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
As someone who only half-knows things about American sports, at first I thought I was going to see a very obvious group associated with football – FUMBLE, TURNOVER, TIMER…
Then, spying STRUDEL, CRUMBLE and COBLER, I deduced that we connected a group where a TURNOVER was made of puff pastry and often accompanied by ice cream as opposed to men in pantyhose chasing a giant egg.
From here things were pretty straight forward, although I’m bummed I didn’t see MAGAZINES PLUS A LETTER – one of the lighter purple groups and one I might have seen first if I hadn’t been distracted by pastry.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Wednesday, January 21st, Game #955)
- YELLOW: items to be recycled BOTTLE, CAN, CARDBOARD, NEWSPAPER
- GREEN: Bedding CARPET, SHAM, BARN, THROW
- BLUE: PLAGIARISES COPY, VENGSE, LIFT, PIRATE
- PURPLE: BATMAN’S “BAT” THING HOLE, MOBILE, SIGNAL, SUIT
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.
