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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’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Saturday, January 3 (Game #937).
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 (set #938) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- GRUMP
- COPY
- BLOCK
- ISSUE
- SCANNING
- CRANK
- BAG
- COIL
- DETAIL
- TACKLE
- WIND
- SAD
- BLITZ
- COIL
- EDITION
NYT Connections today (game #938) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Edition
- GREEN: Coil
- BLUE: Defense
- PURPLE: Useless words
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 #938) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PAPER PUBLICATION
- GREEN: COIL
- BLUE: WHAT A DEFENSIVE FOOTBALL PLAYER DOS
- PURPLE: SYNONYMS OF BUTT PLUS STARTING LETTER
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #938) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #938 are…
- YELLOW: PAPER PUBLICATION COPY, EDIT, NUMBER, PRINT
- GREEN: COIL SPOOL, CRANK, REEL, WIND
- BLUE: WHAT A DEFENSIVE FOOTBALL PLAYER DOS BLITZ, BLOCK, BAG, TACK
- PURPLE: SYNONYMS OF BUTT PLUS STARTING LETTER DREAR, ETAIL, GRUMP, SCAN
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 error
I missed today’s cheeky purple category because I was looking in the wrong places for the added letters.
My mistake came when I plugged in GRUMP, DREAR, WIND, and CRANK, thinking they would all work with a Y added in like maybe “personality traits of miserable men” or something. That said, I managed to resist a second mistake by putting the multi-printer functions together – PRINT, COPY and SCAN. The absence of a fourth held me back.
As someone who doesn’t follow the NFL, I was excited to get THINGS A DEFENSIVE FOOTBALL PLAYER DOES, although I was tempted to put SCAN here too. In football, the ability to scan the field and know everyone’s positions is a highly valued skill.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday, January 3, match #937)
- 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
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.
