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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, February 4 (game #969).
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 #970) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- BRUCE
- AMERICAN
- FLAG
- BUMP
- SPIKE
- JEANS
- BUTT
- BALD EAGLE
- RAM
- BASEBALL
- ANG
- OCEAN
- APPLE PIE
- CHRISTOPHER
- LAPIS LAZULI
- KNOCK
- SKY
NYT Connections today (game #970) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: All-American icons
- GREEN: Bang into
- BLUE: Grouped by a color
- PURPLE: Stars with same surname
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 #970) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CULTURAL SYMBOLS OF THE U.S.
- GREEN: COLLIDE WITH
- BLUE: BLUE THINGS
- PURPLE: LEES OF HOLLYWOOD
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #970) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #970, are…
- YELLOW: CULTURAL SYMBOLS OF THE U.S. AMERICAN FLAG, APPLE PIE, BALD EAGLE, BASEBALL
- GREEN: COLLIDE WITH BUMP, BUTT, KNOCK, RAM
- BLUE: BLUE THINGS JEANS, LAPIS LAZULI, OCEAN, SKY
- PURPLE: LEES OF HOLLYWOOD ANG, BRUCE, CHRISTOPHER, SPIKE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
This game had several tricky elements – having to take a wild gamble with LAPIS LAZULI was one one of them for me, but perhaps you already knew it’s an ancient deep-blue metamorphic rock.
I also had trouble with the green group COLLIDE WITH, as I originally thought that the connection was about rejection so I linked BUMP, KNOCK, BUTT, and SPIKE. Fortunately, it was close enough to get correct on the second try.
With eight tiles left the CULTURAL SYMBOLS OF THE U.S. stood out, but now that I know the answer I’m annoyed that I missed LEES OF HOLLYWOOD – the easiest purple group all week.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, February 4, game #969)
- YELLOW: CONTENTION CONFLICT, DISCORD, FRICTION, RIVALRY
- GREEN: GAMES OF CHANCE BINGO, CRAPS, LOTTERY, WAR
- BLUE: MORE OR LESS, COLLOQUIALLY APPROX, BOUT, LIKE, ROUND
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH NBA TEAMS BULLSEYE, HEATED, MAGICAL, NETSCAPE
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.
