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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 21 (game #955).
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.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #956) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- TIMER
- FUMBLE
- SPINY
- SHARP
- TURNOVER
- ELLEN
- CRISP
- MISS
- USE
- CLEAR
- COBBLER
- TRIP
- CRUMBLE
- FLUFF
- DISTINCT
- STRUDEL
NYT Connections today (game #956) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Photographic terms
- GREEN: Apple puddings
- BLUE: Clumsy accident
- PURPLE: Add to famous periodicals
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…
NYT Connections today (game #956) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: WELL-DEFINED, AS AN IMAGE
- GREEN: FRUIT DESSERTS
- BLUE: BUNGLE
- PURPLE: MAGAZINES PLUS A LETTER
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #956) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #956, are…
- YELLOW: WELL-DEFINED, AS AN IMAGE CLEAR, CRISP, DISTINCT, SHARP
- GREEN: FRUIT DESSERTS COBBLER, CRUMBLE, STRUDEL, TURNOVER
- BLUE: BUNGLE FLUFF, FUMBLE, MISS, TRIP
- PURPLE: MAGAZINES PLUS A LETTER ELLEN, SPINY, TIMER, USE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
As someone who only half knows things about US sports I initially thought that I should be seeing a very obvious group connected to football – FUMBLE, TURNOVER, TIMER…
Then, spying STRUDEL, CRUMBLE and COBLER, I deduced that we were connecting a group where a TURNOVER was made from puff pastry and often accompanied by ice cream as opposed to men in tights chasing a giant egg.
From here, matters were fairly straightforward, although I’m peeved I didn’t see MAGAZINES PLUS A LETTER – one of the more gettable purple groups, and one I could have seen first if I’d have not been distracted by pastry.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, January 21, game #955)
- YELLOW: ITEMS TO RECYCLE BOTTLE, CAN, CARDBOARD BOX, NEWSPAPER
- GREEN: BEDDING BLANKET, SHAM, SHEET, THROW
- BLUE: PLAGIARIZE COPY, CRIB, LIFT, PIRATE
- PURPLE: BATMAN'S "BAT" THINGS CAVE, MOBILE, SIGNAL, SUIT
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.
Source: TechRadar
