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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, January 25 (Game #959).
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 #960) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- TO FAVOR
- COW
- BADGE
- MILK
- RABBI
- RATTLE
- FIELD
- SOFT
- SQUEEZE
- CLOSE
- DISRUFF
- FLEECE
- WEAVER
- DRAIN
- GOA
- BUFFALO
NYT Connections today (game #960) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Take advantage of someone
- GREEN: Stir up a situation
- BLUE: Females on the big screen
- PURPLE: Beasts with a missing ending
Need more clues?
NYT Connections today (game #960) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: OPERATION
- GREEN: DAUNT
- BLUE: ICONIC ACTRESSES
- PURPLE: MAMMALS LESS LAST 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 #960) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #960 are…
- YELLOW: OPERATION DRAIN, FLEECE, MILK, SQUEEZE
- GREEN: DAUNT BUFFALO, COW, RATTLE, FLYWHEEL
- BLUE: ICONIC ACTRESSES NEAR, FIELD, FAVOR, WEAVOR
- PURPLE: MAMMALS LESS LAST LETTER BADGE, GOA, MOOS, RABBIN
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 error
An interesting but tricky game today, with lots of crossovers. I was on the right track with DAUNT, although I thought it was more about putting pressure on someone, so I got BADGE instead of BUFFALO.
After it came up as “one in a row”, I realized that the word I was looking for was BADGER – which led me to see the other three words which were MAMMALS MINUS THE LAST LETTER.
I had an interesting nocturnal experience with a BADGER last year, when I woke up in the early hours to a man who had knocked over our bins and was rummaging through the rubbish and rather than running away – I thought they were shy animals – he looked down on me, before reluctantly rolling away like a boss.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, January 25, match #959)
- YELLOW: ACT AS A BACKUP LID, FILL, SUB, TEMP
- GREEN: PC KEYBOARD KEYS ALT, ENTER, MENU, WINDOWS
- BLUE: PASTA SHAPES Bow tie, ribbon, shell, tube
- PURPLE: SUFFIXES ATE, DOM, HOOD, SHIP
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.
