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 Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, January 15 (game #949).
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.
NYT Connections today (game #950) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- PANAMA
- ALABAMA
- BATH
- ВАНАМА
- SANTANA
- BANANARAMA
- SLAM
- PAJAMAS
- PIANO
- PORKPIE
- BRUSHING
- KANSAS
- DERBY
- STORY
- CANYON
- FEDORA
NYT Connections today (game #950) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Types of headgear
- GREEN: Putting a child to bed
- BLUE: Chart groups
- PURPLE: Begin with a big posh 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 #950) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: KINDS OF HATS
- GREEN: COMPONENTS OF A KID'S BEDTIME ROUTINE
- BLUE: MUSICAL ACTS WITH "A" AS THE ONLY VOWEL
- PURPLE: GRAND ____
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #950) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #950, are…
- YELLOW: KINDS OF HATS DERBY, FEDORA, PANAMA, PORKPIE
- GREEN: COMPONENTS OF A KID'S BEDTIME ROUTINE BATH, BRUSHING, PAJAMAS, STORY
- BLUE: MUSICAL ACTS WITH "A" AS THE ONLY VOWEL ALABAMA, BANANARAMA, KANSAS, SANTANA
- PURPLE: GRAND ____ BAHAMA, CANYON, PIANO, SLAM
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
KINDS OF HATS is a recurring category and one that was easy to spot, but the rest of today’s game took some unpicking.
I would have completed this game a lot more quickly if there was a tile for ABBA instead of ALABAMA – but in the end I was able to make an uneducated guess amid all of the A-M-A words.
Seeing the link between CANYON and PIANO helped me get the purple/hardest group, taking a guess that Grand Bahama was an island.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, January 15, game #949)
- 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
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.
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