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 Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, February 1 (game #966).
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 #967) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- POPULAR
- PERIOD
- CROSS
- STAMP
- SPAN
- PSALM
- PASS
- RYAN
- LANYARD
- STRETCH
- REACHER
- MARPLE
- FAIR
- INTERVAL
- WRISTBAND
- BOSCH
NYT Connections today (game #967) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A length of time
- GREEN: ID formats
- BLUE: Fictional detectives
- PURPLE: Altered plants
Need more clues?
NYT Connections today (game #967) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DURATION
- GREEN: CREDENTIALS FOR ENTRY
- BLUE: MODERN CRIME SERIES PROTAGONISTS
- PURPLE: TREES 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 #967) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #967, are…
- YELLOW: DURATION INTERVAL, PERIOD, SPAN, STRETCH
- GREEN: CREDENTIALS FOR ENTRY LANYARD, PASS, STAMP, WRISTBAND
- BLUE: MODERN CRIME SERIES PROTAGONISTS BOSCH, CROSS, REACHER, RYAN
- PURPLE: TREES PLUS A LETTER FAIR, MARPLE, POPULAR, PSALM
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
After getting the easy/yellow group over a short SPAN of time, I spent a longer PERIOD laboring over what became MODERN CRIME SERIES PROTAGONISTS.
My mistakes came in assuming that MARPLE belonged alongside the other two detectives I knew from the TV incarnations – BOSCH and REACHER – leaving me to take a guess with RYAN and CROSS. After two “one away”s I deduced that the elderly spinster was a red herring.
With just eight tiles left, CREDENTIALS FOR ENTRY was easy to spot, with the final purple group finally revealing the purpose of MARPLE.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, February 1, game #966)
- YELLOW: PUBLICIZE BOOST, HYPE, PITCH, PLUG
- BLUE: ANTHEM BANGER, BOP, HEATER, JAM
- GREEN: KINDS OF SHOES CLOG, FLAT, MULE, WEDGE
- PURPLE: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PLUS STARTING LETTER GLUTE, MORGAN, SHARP, THORN
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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