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 8 (game #942).
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 #943) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- FORTH
- LEST
- CARDINAL
- DIRECTION
- 8 BALL
- SOLO CUP
- NON BLONDES
- OAST
- 3 BALL
- THIN ICE
- HEART EMOJI
- CHAINZ
- 6 MAFIA
- DEEP END
- COUTH
- LIMB
NYT Connections today (game #943) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Connected by the color of blood
- GREEN: Featured in dangerous scenarios
- BLUE: Groups with a missing numeral
- PURPLE: Altered compass points
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 #943) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE RED
- GREEN: USED IN METAPHORS FOR PRECARIOUS SITUATIONS
- BLUE: MUSICAL ARTISTS MINUS STARTING NUMBERS
- PURPLE: CARDINAL DIRECTIONS WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #943) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #943, are…
- YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE RED 3 BALL, CARDINAL, HEART EMOJI, SOLO CUP
- GREEN: USED IN METAPHORS FOR PRECARIOUS SITUATIONS 8 BALL, DEEP END, LIMB, THIN ICE
- BLUE: MUSICAL ARTISTS MINUS STARTING NUMBERS 6 MAFIA, CHAINZ, DIRECTION, NON BLONDES
- PURPLE: CARDINAL DIRECTIONS WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED COUTH, FORTH, LEST, OAST
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
Seeing NON BLONDES immediately made me think of the Four Non Blondes, but finding the other missing numbers was more difficult. One Direction I know, but CHAINZ was a lucky guess as was 6 MAFIA, which I got on my third attempt.
Knowing that clues for groups often feature among the tiles for a different category I managed to spot south, north, west and east disguised as COUTH, FORTH, LEST and OAST.
Once again the yellow/easiest group eluded me and I completely overlooked that the connection was THINGS THAT ARE RED.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, January 8, game #942)
- YELLOW: BIT OF A RESPONSE TO STRONG EMOTIONS CHILL, GOOSEBUMP, SHIVER, TINGLE
- GREEN: BREAK THE RULES JAYWALK, LITTER, LOITER, SPEED
- BLUE: FIRST-CLASS LEVERS CLOTHESPIN, CROWBAR, SCISSORS, SEESAW
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH CANDY BARS AEROPLANE, DOVETAIL, HEATHERS, MARSALA
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.
