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 7 (game #941).
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 #942) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SCISSORS
- GOOSEBUMP
- HEATHERS
- CLOTHESPIN
- JAYWALK
- SEESAW
- DOVETAIL
- CHILL
- CROWBAR
- AEROPLANE
- SHIVER
- SPEED
- LITTER
- TINGLE
- MARSALA
- LOITER
NYT Connections today (game #942) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Spooked reactions
- GREEN: Petty crimes
- BLUE: Pivot points
- PURPLE: Edible beginnings
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 #942) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BIT OF A RESPONSE TO STRONG EMOTIONS
- GREEN: BREAK THE RULES
- BLUE: FIRST-CLASS LEVERS
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH CANDY BARS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #942) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #942, are…
- YELLOW: BIT OF A RESPONSE TO STRONG EMOTIONS CHILL, GOOSEBUMP, SHIVER, TINGLE
- GREEN: BREAK THE RULES JAYWALK, LITTER, LOITER, SPEED
- BLUE: FIRST-CLASS LEVERS CLOTHESPIN, CROWBAR, SCISSORS, SEESAW
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH CANDY BARS AEROPLANE, DOVETAIL, HEATHERS, MARSALA
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I got to the final eight tiles without a clue as to what the blue and purple groups were, but somehow got home without making a mistake. It’s a Connections miracle!
I spotted BREAK THE RULES because when I first visited California I was terrified of being arrested for jaywalking, after someone from my school returned from a vacation and told everyone that he’d been arrested for crossing a street at the wrong spot. He was lying, of course, but it made me think if I set one foot onto a US road cops would swoop down.
I would like to pretend that I spotted Mars, Heath, Aero and Dove, but it was a wild guess. A good thing, too, as FIRST-CLASS LEVERS is not something I have ever pondered upon.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, January 7, game #941)
- YELLOW: DOPPELGÄNGER CLONE, DOUBLE, MIRROR, RINGER
- GREEN: PORTION CONCERN, INTEREST, SHARE, STAKE
- BLUE: COMMON FLAG SYMBOLS CRESCENT, CROSS, STAR, STRIPE
- PURPLE: PRESSED USING A PRESS CIDER, GARLIC, TROUSERS, WINE
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.
