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 instead you are looking for the Monday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Monday, January 12 (Game #946).
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 #947): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- SHOULDER
- BOW TIE
- ROAST
- ELBOW
- WHEEL
- RANKLE
- TAPE
- CANE
- PRESS
- BOW
- TOP HAT
- CARD
- AUTUMN
- BAG
- GIFT WRAPPING
- PUSH
NYT Connections Today (Game #947) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Elegant packaging
- GREEN: Give in
- BLUE: As seen with a board game icon.
- PURPLE: hidden feet
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 #947) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: NEWS
- GREEN: PUSH
- BLUE: ACCESSORIES FOR MR. MONOPOLY
- PURPLE: PARTS OF THE FOOT PLUS INITIAL LETTER
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #947): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #947 are…
- YELLOW: NEWS BOW, CARD, GIFT WRAPPING, RIBBON
- GREEN: PUSH ELBOW, PRESS, SHOULDER, PUSH
- BLUE: ACCESSORIES FOR MR. MONOPOLY BOW TIE, CANE, MONEY BAG, TOP HAT
- PURPLE: PARTS OF THE FOOT PLUS INITIAL LETTER OTOE, PARCH, RANKLE, RUEDA
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
The OTOE tile immediately caught my eye when I was watching today’s game looking for words within words and I was able to quickly get what turned out to be the hardest/purple group. It’s a rare pleasure to get this first.
I found the rest of the game more difficult as I put the JOSTLE quartet through a process of elimination; I may have been tempted to include RANKLE if I hadn’t included him previously.
MT MONOPOLY ACCESSORIES was a group I put together while imagining a cartoon man with an awesome mustache and tuxedo but I couldn’t place. (Officially called Miburn Pennybags).
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday, January 12, game #946)
- YELLOW: LIVING ROOM FURNITURE ARMCHAIR, BOOKCASE, CONSOLE, FOOTREST
- GREEN: EXPERIENCE LEVELS EXPERT, INTERMEDIATE, BEGINNER, COMPETENT
- BLUE: PROMISE AGREEMENT, COMPACT, Handshake, UNDERSTANDING
- PURPLE: ENDING IN US COINS CEFTAZIDIME, HEADQUARTERS, MONEYPENNY, PUMPERNICKEL
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 items 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.
