Are you looking for a different day?
A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone, which means some people are always playing “today’s game” while others play “yesterday’s game.” If you are instead looking for the Thursday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Thursday, January 1 (Game #935).
Good day! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into various categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need Connections tips.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections Today (Game #936): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- HIVE
- ROUTINE
- RECORD
- NUMBER
- RECORD
- STANDARD
- BIT
- JOT
- ANNULAR
- BAR
- NOTE
- EEK
- METRIC
- JAW
- ALE
- EXAMPLE
NYT Connections Today (Game #936) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Use a pen or pencil to do this.
- GREEN: Characteristic movements
- BLUE: Measured against
- PURPLE: Foods that lose their meaning
Do you need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the answers are to the four topics for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #936) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: WRITE
- GREEN: TICK
- BLUE: REFERENCE
- PURPLE: VEGETABLES LESS START LETTER
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #936): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #936 are…
- YELLOW: WRITE NOTE, REGISTRATION, NOTE, REGISTRATION
- GREEN: TICK POINT, JAW, NUMBER, ROUTINE
- BLUE: REFERENCE BAR, EXAMPLE, METRIC, STANDARD
- PURPLE: VEGETABLES LESS START LETTER ALE, EEK, HIVE, QUASH
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
A perfect round for me in terms of difficulty order, but with less than perfect gameplay.
My mistake came from thinking that we were looking for cataloging formats instead of WRITE, so I had NUMBER instead of JOT. While SHTICK I thought it was about the elements of a comedy performance.
I’m bummed I didn’t see the purple group of VEGETABLES LESS START LETTER, although to be fair to myself, this wasn’t the most obvious selection of vegetables.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Thursday, January 1, game #935)
- YELLOW: A LITTLE MAGIC CHARM, CURSE, CURSE, SPELL
- GREEN: REMOVE COVER Shell, shell, shell, skin
- BLUE: EQUIVALENT “ENTHUSIAST” BUFF, HEAD, HOUND, RAT
- PURPLE: BUTTER_____ FINGERS, FLY, NUT, SCOTTISH
What are NYT connections?
NYT Connections is one of the 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 harder, blue is usually quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final question since you’ll be able to answer it through a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little breathing room.
However, it’s a little more complicated than something like Wordle and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, be careful with homophones and other puns that could disguise answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile devices.
