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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 Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, January 24 (game #958).
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.
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NYT Connections today (game #959) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- SUB
- RIBBON
- HOOD
- SHIP
- SHELL
- COVER
- MENU
- TUBE
- ENTER
- BOWTIE
- FILL IN
- WINDOWS
- DOM
- ALT
- TEMP
- ATE
NYT Connections today (game #959) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Second choice
- GREEN: Computer shortcuts
- BLUE: Different types of Italian staple
- PURPLE: Commonly added to the ends of words
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…
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What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ACT AS A BACKUP
- GREEN: PC KEYBOARD KEYS
- BLUE: PASTA SHAPES
- PURPLE: SUFFIXES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
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The answers to today's Connections, game #959, are…
- YELLOW: ACT AS A BACKUP COVER, FILL IN, SUB, TEMP
- GREEN: PC KEYBOARD KEYS ALT, ENTER, MENU, WINDOWS
- BLUE: PASTA SHAPES BOWTIE, RIBBON, SHELL, TUBE
- PURPLE: SUFFIXES ATE, DOM, HOOD, SHIP
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
Did you know that the different PASTA SHAPES are designed for different kinds of sauces. For instance, the BOWTIE (or farfalle, which is Italian for butterfly) is designed for creamy sauces.
Anyway, I digress. Before I realized we were looking for PC KEYBOARD KEYS I inserted ALT – as in an alternative – into the group that became ACT AS A BACK UP instead of FILL IN. Had we had a tile that said “substitute” instead of SUB I think I would have made it through mistake-free.
As a lifelong Mac user, PC Keyboards could include a key featuring an icon of a paper clip or indeed a SHIP for all I know, but I am more than well aware that Microsoft loves colonising the world with as many WINDOWS as possible.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, January 24, game #958)
- BLUE: KINDS OF NECKLINES BOAT, CREW, HALTER, SCOOP
- YELLOW: GEAR FOR A BOXER GLOVES, MOUTHGUARD, ROBE, SHORTS
- GREEN: CHAMPIONSHIP AWARD, CROWN, CUP, TITLE
- PURPLE: SNOW ___ CONE, GLOBE, LEOPARD, PEA
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.
TOPICS Wordle NYT Connections Johnny DeeContributorJohnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna's addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.
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