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, January 11 (game #945).
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 #946) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- HANDSHAKE
- COMPACT
- ARMCHAIR
- EXPERT
- CONSOLE
- HEADQUARTER
- NOVICE
- FOOTSTOOL
- UNDERSTANDING
- PUMPERNICKEL
- PROFICIENT
- AGREEMENT
- CEFTAZIDIME
- INTERMEDIATE
- BOOKCASE
- MONEYPENNY
NYT Connections today (game #946) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: As seen in a house
- GREEN: Participation ranking
- BLUE: Oath
- PURPLE: Look for cash
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 #946) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: LIVING ROOM FURNITURE
- GREEN: EXPERIENCE LEVELS
- BLUE: PROMISE
- PURPLE: ENDING IN U.S. COINS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #946) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #946, are…
- YELLOW: LIVING ROOM FURNITURE ARMCHAIR, BOOKCASE, CONSOLE, FOOTSTOOL
- GREEN: EXPERIENCE LEVELS EXPERT, INTERMEDIATE, NOVICE, PROFICIENT
- BLUE: PROMISE AGREEMENT, COMPACT, HANDSHAKE, UNDERSTANDING
- PURPLE: ENDING IN U.S. COINS CEFTAZIDIME, HEADQUARTER, MONEYPENNY, PUMPERNICKEL
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
This ended up being an easy game, although my first impression was that it would be far more difficult.
My annoyance is that rather than be blinded by the difficulty of several long words I should have taken a beat to study them. I had no idea what CEFTAZIDIME was (it’s an antibiotic) but i’ve been playing Connections long enough to realize that difficult words are often in the game for reasons other than their meaning.
That said, I still spotted the tiles ENDING IN U.S. COINS before the last group. Congratulations if you got it first.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, January 11, game #945)
- YELLOW: GROUP BAND, CREW, PACK, TEAM
- GREEN: PLUNGE CRASH, CRATER, DROP, TANK
- BLUE: PARTS OF A SINK BASIN, DRAIN, FAUCET, STOPPER
- PURPLE: EQUESTRIAN GEAR BIT, CROP, HALTER, SADDLE
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.
