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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 Sunday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Sunday, February 1 (Game #966).
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 #967) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- POPULAR
- PERIOD
- CROSS
- STAMP
- SCOPE
- PSALM
- PASS
- RYAN
- CORD
- STRETCHABLE
- REACHER
- MARPLE
- FAIR
- INTERVAL
- BRACELET
- BOSCH
NYT Connections today (game #967) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A duration
- GREEN: Identification formats
- BLUE: Fictional detectives
- PURPLE: Modified plants
Need more clues?
NYT Connections today (game #967) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DURATION
- GREEN: IDENTIFIERS FOR ENTRY
- BLUE: PROTAGONISTS OF THE MODERN CRIME SERIES
- PURPLE: TREES PLUS ONE 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 #967) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #967 are…
- YELLOW: DURATION INTERVAL, PERIOD, SCOPE, STRETCH
- GREEN: IDENTIFIERS FOR ENTRY LANYARD, PASS, STAMP, BRACELET
- BLUE: PROTAGONISTS OF THE MODERN CRIME SERIES BOSCH, CROSS, REACHER, RYAN
- PURPLE: TREES PLUS ONE LETTER FAIR, MARPLE, POPULAR, PSALM
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 2 errors
After getting the easy/yellow group in a short amount of time, I spent a longer PERIOD working on what became PROTAGONISTS OF THE MODERN CRIME SERIES.
My mistakes came from assuming that MARPLE belonged to the other two detectives I knew in TV incarnations – BOSCH and REACHER – leaving me guessing with RYAN and CROSS. After two one-aways, I deduced that the old girl was just a red herring.
With only eight tiles remaining, the CREDENTIALS FOR ENTRY were easy to spot, with the final purple group finally revealing MARPLE’s goal.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, February 1, match #966)
- YELLOW: PUBLISH BOOST, HYPE, PITCH, PLUG
- BLUE: ANTHEM BANGER, BOP, HEATING, JAM
- GREEN: TYPES OF SHOE CLOG, FLAT, MULE, WEDGE
- PURPLE: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PLUS STARTING LETTER Glute, Morgan, Sharp, Thorn
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.
