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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, January 14 (game #948).
Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
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NYT Connections today (game #949) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- CEREAL
- STATIC
- MELTED
- SNOW
- LEVITATE
- SALT
- PATRON
- SHOVEL
- HOSE
- STATIONARY
- SPADE
- JACKAL
- FROZEN
- RAKE
- DANDRUFF
- STILL
NYT Connections today (game #949) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Used to tame plants
- GREEN: Not budging
- BLUE: A shared crystal structure
- PURPLE: Doubly manly
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…
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What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GARDENING TOOLS
- GREEN: UNMOVING
- BLUE: THINGS THAT COME IN FLAKES
- PURPLE: WORDS FORMED BY TWO MEN'S NAMES
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The answers to today's Connections, game #949, are…
- YELLOW: GARDENING TOOLS HOSE, RAKE, SHOVEL, SPADE
- GREEN: UNMOVING FROZEN, STATIC, STATIONARY, STILL
- BLUE: THINGS THAT COME IN FLAKES CEREAL, DANDRUFF, SALT, SNOW
- PURPLE: WORDS FORMED BY TWO MEN'S NAMES JACKAL, LEVITATE, MELTED, PATRON
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I regret not taking a leap to get the purple group today, as the first thing I spotted as I looked over the tiles were the men’s names in MELTED and PATRON.
Alas, I failed to spot that they – along with LEVITATE and JACKAL – were WORDS FORMED BY TWO MEN'S NAMES. Kudos if you got that one.
The rest of the groups were fairly straightforward, once you avoided the trap of putting together a snow-themed quartet.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, January 14, game #948)
- YELLOW: FIXED FAST, FIRM, SECURE, TIGHT
- GREEN: RECEIVER OF GOODS OR SERVICES ACCOUNT, CLIENT, CONSUMER, USER
- BLUE: STARTING WITH WEATHER CONDITIONS FROSTY, MISTLETOE, RAINMAKER, SNOWMAN
- PURPLE: SILENT AUCTION, MOVIE, PARTNER, TREATMENT
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, 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, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
TOPICS Wordle NYT Connections Johnny DeeContributorJohnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna's addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.
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