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, December 31 (game #934).
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 #935) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SHUCK
- SCOTCH
- HEAD
- RAT
- CURSE
- SKIN
- NUT
- FLY
- HOUND
- FINGERS
- SPELL
- SHELL
- CHARM
- BUFF
- PEEL
- HEX
NYT Connections today (game #935) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A thing witches and wizards do
- GREEN: Outer casing
- BLUE: Types of fan
- PURPLE: Precede with a spreadable word
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 #935) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BIT OF MAGIC
- GREEN: REMOVE THE COVERING FROM
- BLUE: “ENTHUSIAST” EQUIVALENT
- PURPLE: BUTTER_____
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #935) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #935, are…
- YELLOW: BIT OF MAGIC CHARM, CURSE, HEX, SPELL
- GREEN: REMOVE THE COVERING FROM PEEL, SHELL, SHUCK, SKIN
- BLUE: “ENTHUSIAST” EQUIVALENT BUFF, HEAD, HOUND, RAT
- PURPLE: BUTTER_____ FINGERS, FLY, NUT, SCOTCH
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
Not the best start to 2026 for me, with three mistakes.
Frustratingly, all of my wrong guesses were on the right track and got me the “one away” pop-up every time. I included NUT in REMOVE COVERING FROM and “ENTHUSIAST” EQUIVALENT – both of which sort of work.
Struggling to get the blue group, I swapped out NUT for FLY before finally trying RAT. If only I’d have spotted the far more logical purple group – kudos if you did.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, December 31, game #934)
- YELLOW: HAPPY NEW YEAR! BALL DROP, CHAMPAGNE FLUTE, FIREWORKS, NOISEMAKER
- GREEN: PLACES WHERE THINGS DISAPPEAR BERMUDA TRIANGLE, BLACK HOLE, COUCH CUSHIONS, DRYER
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH PHILADELPHIA BROTHERLY LOVE, CHEESESTEAK, LIBERTY BELL, ROCKY
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH BODIES OF WATER BAY LEAF, CHANNEL SURF, SEA BASS, SOUND BARRIER
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.
