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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, January 13 (Game #947).
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 #948) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- FROST
- SNOWMAN
- AUCTION
- RAIN MAKER
- FAST
- FILM
- CLIENT
- THE MISTLET
- FAST
- PARTNER
- SURE
- ACCOUNT
- USER
- TREATMENT
- CLOSE
- CONSUMER
NEW Connections today (game #948) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Held in position
- GREEN: One who pays
- BLUE: Meteorological beginning
- PURPLE: Open without sound
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 #948) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FIXED
- GREEN: RECEIVER OF GOODS OR SERVICES
- BLUE: STARTS WITH WEATHER CONDITIONS
- PURPLE: QUIET
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #948) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #948, are…
- 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
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
Like many I suspect, I saw the John Grisham novels RAINMAKER, FIRM and CLIENT in the grid, but without a fourth tile I resisted the temptation to guess.
However, I was tricked into thinking there was a legal grouping – so I incorrectly linked COMPANY, PARTNER, ACCOUNT and CLIENT before looking elsewhere.
STARTING WITH WEATHER CONDITIONS seemed a little too obvious at the start of the game, but with only eight tiles left I took the plunge, but I wish I had seen the purple/hardest group sooner as it’s rarely that easy.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Tuesday, January 13th, Game #947)
- YELLOW: PRESENT GO-WITHS HAT, CARD, GIFT WRAPS, RIBBON
- GREEN: JOSTLE ELBOW, PRESS, SHOULDER, SHOOT
- BLUE: ACCESSORIES FOR MR. MONOPOLY BOWTIE, CANE, MONEY BAG, TOP HAT
- PURPLE: PARTS OF FOOT PLUS INITIAL LETTER OTOE, PARCH, RANKLE, WHEEL
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.
