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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you are looking for the Friday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Friday, January 2 (Thu #936).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the clever word game from the New York Times that challenges you to group answers into different categories. This can be difficult, so read on if you need tips on connections.
SPOILER WARNING: The information on NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #937) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- GENERAL
- BAR
- BLANKET
- SOFT
- OVERALL
- WORK
- UMBRELLA
- NURSE
- PRIVATE
- JEANS
- MAJOR
- DIAMONDS
- WILL
- JOGGER
- SOS
- CAPTAIN
NYT Connections today (game #937) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Chain of command
- GREEN: Types of pants
- BLUE: RiRi Tracks
- PURPLE: Precede with a wet word
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four themed answers are for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections today (game #937) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ARMY RANKINGS
- GREEN: LEGWEAR IN THE SINGULAR
- BLUE: RIHANNA’S #1 HITS
- PURPLE: WET_____
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #937) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #937 are…
- YELLOW: ARMY RANKINGS CAPTAIN, GENERAL, MAJOR, SOLDIER
- GREEN: LEGWEAR IN THE SINGULAR JEANS, JOGGERS, OVERALLS, SLACK
- BLUE: RIHANNA’S #1 HITS DIAMONDS, SOS, UMBRELLA, WORK
- PURPLE: WET_____ BAR, COVER, NURSE, WILLY
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 error
I know she’s happy building her cosmetics and fashion empires and becoming one of the richest business moguls in the world, but I miss Rihanna as a pop star. She excelled at it.
That said, I’m ashamed that I completely missed all the RIHANNA #1 HITS – I blame her absence on the radio over the last decade.
Instead I managed to get the purple group together, even though I only had BLANKET and NURSE to go on, I guessed my way to success after initially thinking that WET WORK was a thing. Maybe that’s what it’s called if your job is an UMBRELLA tester?
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, January 2, match #936)
- YELLOW: WRITE JOT, DIARY, NOTE, RECORD
- GREEN: SHTICK BIT, GAG, NUMBER, ROUTINE
- BLUE: REFERENCE BAR, EXAMPLE, METRIC, STANDARD
- PURPLE: VEGETABLES LESS STARTING LETTER ALE, EEK, HIVE, QUASH
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four elements that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow is a little more difficult, blue is often quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the final question, as you will be able to answer it through a process of elimination. Additionally, you can make up to four mistakes, giving you some breathing room.
However, it’s a bit more complex than something like Wordle, and the game provides plenty of opportunities to trip you up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that could obscure the answers.
It is playable for free via the NYT Games website on computer or mobile.
