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 Sunday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Sunday, January 11 (Game #945).
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 #946): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- HANDSHAKE
- COMPACT
- ARMCHAIR
- EXPERT
- CONSOLE
- HEADQUARTERS
- BEGINNER
- FOOTSTOOL
- COMPREHENSION
- WHOLE RYE BREAD
- COMPETENT
- AGREEMENT
- CEFTAZIDIME
- INTERMEDIATE
- RACK
- MONEYOPENNY
NYT Connections Today (Game #946) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: What it looks like in a house
- GREEN: Participation ranking
- BLUE: Oath
- PURPLE: look for cash
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 #946) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: LIVING ROOM FURNITURE
- GREEN: EXPERIENCE LEVELS
- BLUE: PROMISE
- PURPLE: ENDING IN US COINS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #946): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #946 are…
- 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
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
In the end it was an easy game, although my first impression was that it would be much more difficult.
What bothers me is that instead of being blinded by the difficulty of several long words, I should have taken a moment to study them. I had no idea what CEFTAZIDIME was (it’s an antibiotic), but I’ve played Connections long enough to realize that there are often difficult words in the game for reasons other than their meaning.
That being said, I still saw the tokens ENDING IN AMERICAN COINS before the last group. Congratulations if you got it first.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, January 11, game #945)
- YELLOW: GROUP BAND, TEAM, PACKAGE, TEAM
- GREEN: IMMERSION ACCIDENT, CRATER, FALL, TANK
- BLUE: PARTS OF A SINK SINK, DRAIN, FAUCET, STOPPER
- PURPLE: EQUESTRIAN TEAM DRILL BIT, CULTIVATION, HEADER, SADDLE
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.
