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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 Tuesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Tuesday, February 3rd (Game #968).
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 #969) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- FRICTION
- MAGICAL
- HEATED
- RIVALRY
- BOUT
- CONFLICT
- LIKE
- WAR
- WEBSITE
- BINGO
- BULL’S EYES
- DISCORD
- LOTTERY
- ROUND
- Approx
- CRAPS
NEW Connections today (game #969) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Conflict
- GREEN: Lucky contests
- BLUE: Roughly speaking
- PURPLE: Basketball starters
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 #969) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CONDITION
- GREEN: GAME OF CHANCE
- BLUE: MORE OR LESS, ALL
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH NBA TEAMS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #969) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #969, are…
- YELLOW: CONDITION CONFLICT, DISCORD, FRICTION, RIVALRY
- GREEN: GAME OF CHANCE BINGO, CRAPS, LOTTERY, WAR
- BLUE: MORE OR LESS, ALL ABOUT, ABOUT, LIKE, ROUND
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH NBA TEAMS BULLSEYE, HEATED, MAGIC, NETSCAPE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
Putting HEATED and RIVALRY tiles next to each other was the joke of this game, but it’s also a pretty good definition of CONTENTION.
I made my first mistake putting the yellow group together, choosing WAR instead of RIVALRY.
Later in the game, WAR tripped me again in the group that became CHANCES. Instead I chose BULLSEYE as I thought it was about luck somehow (in darts and archery you get top points for hitting it).
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Tuesday, February 3, Game #968)
- YELLOW: CUT IN PIECES DICE, DICE, HASH, HACK
- GREEN: PROVIDES A PLACE TO LIVE CARRIAGE, HOUSE, LODGE, QUARTER
- BLUE: KIND OF GOLF CLUBS IRON, PUTTER, WEDGE, WOOD
- PURPLE: MEMORY ____ CARD, FOAM, HOLE, LANE
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 little more involved than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to let you play 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.
