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 Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT 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 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 #948) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- FROSTY
- SNOWMAN
- AUCTION
- RAINMAKER
- FIRM
- MOVIE
- CLIENT
- MISTLETOE
- FAST
- PARTNER
- SECURE
- ACCOUNT
- USER
- TREATMENT
- TIGHT
- CONSUMER
NYT Connections today (game #948) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Held in position
- GREEN: One who pays
- BLUE: Meteorological beginnings
- 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…
NYT Connections today (game #948) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FIXED
- GREEN: RECEIVER OF GOODS OR SERVICES
- BLUE: STARTING WITH WEATHER CONDITIONS
- PURPLE: SILENT
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #948) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #948, are…
- 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
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
Like many, I suspect, I spotted the John Grisham novels RAINMAKER, FIRM, and CLIENT in the grid, but without a fourth tile I resisted the temptation to guess.
I was tricked, however, into thinking that there was a legal grouping – so I incorrectly connected FIRM, PARTNER, ACCOUNT and CLIENT before looking elsewhere.
STARTING WITH WEATHER CONDITIONS seemed a little too obvious at the start of the game, but with just eight tiles left I took the plunge, but I wished I’d seen the purple/hardest group sooner as it’s rarely that easy.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, January 13, game #947)
- YELLOW: PRESENT GO-WITHS BOW, CARD, GIFT WRAP, RIBBON
- GREEN: JOSTLE ELBOW, PRESS, SHOULDER, SHOVE
- BLUE: ACCESSORIES FOR MR. MONOPOLY BOWTIE, CANE, MONEYBAG, TOP HAT
- PURPLE: PARTS OF THE FOOT PLUS STARTING LETTER OTOE, PARCH, RANKLE, WHEEL
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.
