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 #952) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- QUOTE
- PICK
- PRICE
- TOTAL
- DAMAGE
- TITLE
- BILL
- TO AGREE
- AUTHOR
- WINGS
- COOPER
- TO BREAK
- STRAPS
- DESTROY
- SYNOPSIS
- FEATHERS
NYT Connections today (game #952) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Characteristics of birds
- GREEN: ruin something
- BLUE: Seen on a paperback
- PURPLE: The stars of the big screen
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 #952) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CHARACTERISTICS OF A DUCK
- GREEN: DESTROY
- BLUE: FOUND ON A BOOK JACKET
- PURPLE: CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD ACTORS
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #952) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #952 are…
- YELLOW: CHARACTERISTICS OF A DUCK BILLET, FEATHERS, STRAPS, WINGS
- GREEN: DESTROY BREAKAGE, DAMAGE, TOTAL, WRECK
- BLUE: FOUND ON A BOOK JACKET AUTHOR, QUOTE, SYNOPSIS, TITLE
- PURPLE: CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD ACTORS COOPER, GRANT, PECK, PRICE
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: 1 error
I guessed correctly that we were trying to connect four tiles related to items FOUND ON A BOOK JACKET today, but I included PRICE instead of SYNOPSIS in the quartet.
I can’t help but think that I was supposed to fall into this trap.
Fortunately, beyond this crossover between the two more difficult groups, the rest of the game was pretty straightforward – although I may have spent too much time thinking about why BILL, FEATHERS, STRAPS, and WINGS are FEATURES OF A DUCK and not any other bird to which they might also apply.
Today, while disappearing into a duck-shaped Google hole, I learned that ducks have different accents depending on where they live (city ducks are noisier) and that they have filtering teeth inside their beaks. Fascinating.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday January 17, match #951)
- YELLOW: DISTRIBUTED ON BLANKET, COAT, BLANKET, PLASTER
- GREEN: DISCARD CAST, HOWL, SKIN, SLING
- BLUE: ANAGRAMS INKS, KINS, SINK, SKIN
- PURPLE: FIRST WORDS OF GAMES FOR CHILDREN CAPTURE, HIDE, RED, SIMON
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.
