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 #949) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- CEREAL
- STATIC
- MOLTEN
- SNOW
- LEVITATE
- SALT
- BOSS
- SHOVEL
- PIPE
- STATIONARY
- SPADE
- JACKAL
- FROZEN
- RAKE
- FILM
- ALWAYS
NYT Connections today (game #949) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Used to tame plants
- GREEN: Don’t move
- BLUE: A shared crystal structure
- PURPLE: Doubly virile
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 #949) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GARDENING TOOLS
- GREEN: REAL ESTATE
- BLUE: THINGS THAT COME IN FLAKES
- PURPLE: WORDS FORMED BY TWO MEN’S NAMES
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #949) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #949 are…
- 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
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: Perfect
I regret not trying to get the purple group today, because the first thing I spotted when looking at the tiles was the names of the men in MELTED and PATRON.
Alas, I did not notice that they – along with LEVITATE and JACKAL – were WORDS FORMED BY TWO MEN’S NAMES. Congratulations if you got this one.
The rest of the groups were pretty straightforward, once we avoided the trap of forming a snow-themed quartet.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Wednesday, January 14, match #948)
- YELLOW: FIXED FAST, FIRM, SECURE, TIGHT
- GREEN: RECEIVER OF GOODS OR SERVICES ACCOUNT, CUSTOMER, CONSUMER, USER
- BLUE: FROM WEATHER CONDITIONS FROSTED, mistletoe, rainmaker, snowman
- PURPLE: SILENT AUCTIONS, FILM, PARTNER, PROCESSING
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.
