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 #950) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- PANAMA
- ALABAMA
- BATH
- ВАНАМА
- SANTANA
- BANANARAMA
- SLAM
- PAJAMAS
- PIANO
- PORK PIETS
- BRUSHING
- KANSAS
- DERBY
- HISTORY
- CANYON
- FELT
NYT Connections today (game #950) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Types of headwear
- GREEN: Putting a child to bed
- BLUE: Chart groups
- PURPLE: Start with a big fancy 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 #950) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TYPES OF HATS
- GREEN: COMPONENTS OF A CHILD’S BEDBEDTIME ROUTINE
- BLUE: MUSICAL ACTS WITH “A” AS THE ONLY VOWEL
- PURPLE: LARGE ____
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #950) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #950 are…
- YELLOW: TYPES OF HATS DERBY, FEDORA, PANAMA, PORKPIE
- GREEN: COMPONENTS OF A CHILD’S BEDBEDTIME ROUTINE BATH, BRUSHING, PAJAMAS, STORY
- BLUE: MUSICAL ACTS WITH “A” AS THE ONLY VOWEL ALABAMA, BANANARAMA, KANSAS, SANTANA
- PURPLE: LARGE ____ BAHAMA, CANYON, PIANO, SLAM
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: Perfect
HAT TYPES is a recurring and easy to spot category, but the rest of today’s game required a bit of chopping.
I would have completed this game a lot faster if there was a tile for ABBA instead of ALABAMA – but in the end I was able to make an uneducated guess in the middle of all the AMA words.
Seeing the connection between CANYON and PIANO helped me get the purple/hardest group, assuming Grand Bahama was an island.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Thursday, January 15, Thu #949)
- YELLOW: GARDENING TOOLS PIPE, RAKE, SHOVEL, BEAUTIFUL
- GREEN: REAL ESTATE FROZEN, STATIC, STATIONARY, REAL ESTATE
- BLUE: THINGS THAT COME IN FLAKES CEREALS, FILM, SALT, SNOW
- PURPLE: WORDS FORMED BY TWO MEN’S NAMES JACKAL, LEVITATION, FADE, BOSS
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.
