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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 Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, January 30 (game #964).
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 #965) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- DRESS
- WISHBONE
- ROLLER
- BALL
- SHOWER
- STETHOSCOPE
- BRUSH
- MIXER
- SLINGSHOT
- SPRAY CAN
- RECEPTION
- COMPUTER KEY
- FLUCTUATION
- TUNING FORK
- WORK PERIOD
- PALETTE KNIFE
NYT Connections today (game #965) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Types of event
- GREEN: Tools for decoration
- BLUE: Unified by an outline of a letter
- PURPLE: Think of a word that rhymes with “lift”
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 #965) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: KINDS OF PARTIES
- GREEN: WAYS TO APPLY PAINT
- BLUE: Y-SHAPED THINGS
- PURPLE: WHAT "SHIFT" MIGHT REFER TO
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #965) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #965, are…
- YELLOW: KINDS OF PARTIES BALL, MIXER, RECEPTION, SHOWER
- GREEN: WAYS TO APPLY PAINT BRUSH, PALETTE KNIFE, ROLLER, SPRAY CAN
- BLUE: Y-SHAPED THINGS SLINGSHOT, STETHOSCOPE, TUNING FORK, WISHBONE
- PURPLE: WHAT "SHIFT" MIGHT REFER TO COMPUTER KEY, DRESS, FLUCTUATION, WORK PERIOD
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
Getting a purple first remains the biggest buzz you can get playing Connections – well it does for me anyway, as it’s a very rare event.
I’d like to say the key to a purple-first success strategy is studying the board or writing notes on each tile, but I think you either see it or you don’t and today WORK PERIOD was the odd way of saying “SHIFT” that sent me on the road to glory.
Meanwhile, the blue group Y-SHAPED THINGS completely passed me by.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, January 30, game #964)
- YELLOW: REGION AREA, CLUSTER, PATCH, POCKET
- GREEN: GROOMING ITEMS COMB, COMPACT, NAIL FILE, TWEEZERS
- BLUE: THINGS WITH ADHESIVE SURFACES BAND-AID, LINT ROLLER, STICKER, TAPE
- PURPLE: ___ HAND HELPING, MINUTE, POKER, UPPER
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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