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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 Sunday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Sunday, February 1 (Game #966).
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 #967): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- POPULAR
- PERIOD
- CROSS
- STAMP
- SPAN
- PSALM
- APPROVE
- RYAN
- LANYARD
- STRETCH
- REACHER
- MARPLE
- FAIR
- INTERVAL
- BRACELET
- BOSCH
NYT Connections Today (Game #967) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: a period of time
- GREEN: identification formats
- BLUE: Fictional detectives
- PURPLE: Altered plants
Do you need more clues?
NYT Connections Today (Game #967) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DURATION
- GREEN: ENTRY CREDENTIALS
- BLUE: PROTAGONISTS OF THE MODERN CRIME SERIES
- PURPLE: TREES PLUS ONE LETTER
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #967): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #967 are…
- YELLOW: DURATION INTERVAL, PERIOD, STRETCH, STRETCH
- GREEN: ENTRY CREDENTIALS LANYARD, PASS, SEAL, BRACELET
- BLUE: PROTAGONISTS OF THE MODERN CRIME SERIES BOSCH, CRUZ, REACHER, RYAN
- PURPLE: TREES PLUS ONE LETTER FAIR, MARPLE, POPULAR, PSALM
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
After getting the easy/yellow group in a short amount of time, I spent a longer PERIOD working on what became MODERN CRIME SERIES PROTAGONISTS.
My errors arose from assuming that MARPLE belonged alongside the other two detectives I knew from the television incarnations, BOSCH and REACHER, leaving me to guess with RYAN and CROSS. After two “one aways,” I deduced that the old spinster was a red herring.
With only eight tokens left, the ENTRY CREDENTIALS were easy to spot, and the last purple group finally revealed MARPLE’s purpose.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, February 1, game #966)
- YELLOW: PUBLISH IMPULSE, EXCURSION, LAUNCH, PLUG
- BLUE: ANTHEM BANGER, BOP, HEATER, JAM
- GREEN: TYPES OF FOOTWEAR CLOG, FLAT, MULE, WEDGE
- PURPLE: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PLUS HOME LETTER GLUTEUS, MORGAN, SHARP, SPINE
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.
