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 #949): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- CEREAL
- STATIC
- MELTED
- SNOW
- LEVITATE
- SALT
- PATTERN
- SHOVEL
- HOSE
- STATIONARY
- SHOVEL
- JACKAL
- FROZEN
- RAKE
- DANDRUFF
- STILL
NYT Connections Today (Game #949) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: It is used to domesticate plants.
- GREEN: without giving in
- BLUE: A shared crystal structure
- PURPLE: doubly manly
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 #949) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GARDENING TOOLS
- GREEN: STILL
- BLUE: THINGS THAT COME IN FLAKES
- PURPLE: WORDS FORMED BY TWO MAN’S NAMES
Well, 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 HOSE, RAKE, SHOVEL, SHOVEL
- GREEN: STILL FROZEN, STATIC, STATIONARY, STILL
- BLUE: THINGS THAT COME IN FLAKES CEREAL, DANDRUFF, SALT, SNOW
- PURPLE: WORDS FORMED BY TWO MAN’S NAMES JACKAL, FLOAT, MELTED, PATTERN
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I regret not taking the leap to get the purple group today, as the first thing I saw when looking at the tiles were the names of the men in MELTED and PATRON.
Unfortunately, I failed to realize that they, along with LEVITATE and JACKAL, were WORDS FORMED BY TWO MEN’S NAMES. Congratulations if you have that one.
The rest of the groups were pretty straightforward, once you avoided the trap of forming a snow-themed quartet.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Wednesday, January 14, game #948)
- YELLOW: FIXED FAST, FIRM, SAFE, TIGHT
- GREEN: RECEIVER OF GOODS OR SERVICES ACCOUNT, CUSTOMER, CONSUMER, USER
- BLUE: STARTING WITH CLIMATE CONDITIONS ICE CREAM, MISTLETOE, RAIN, SNOWMAN
- PURPLE: SILENT AUCTION, FILM, PARTNER, TREATMENT
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.
