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 #950): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- PANAMA
- ALABAMA
- BATHROOM
- ВАНАМА
- SANTA
- BANANARAMA
- BANG
- PAJAMAS
- PIANO
- LOW TOP HAT
- BRUSHING
- KANSAS
- DERBY
- HISTORY
- CANON
- FEDORA
NYT Connections Today (Game #950) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Types of headdresses
- GREEN: Put a child to bed
- BLUE: Chart Groups
- PURPLE: Start with a big fancy word
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 #950) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TYPES OF HATS
- GREEN: COMPONENTS OF CHILDREN’S BEDY ROUTINE
- BLUE: MUSICAL ACTS WITH “A” AS THE ONLY VOICE
- PURPLE: BIG ____
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #950): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #950 are…
- YELLOW: TYPES OF HATS DERBY, FEDORA, PANAMA, PORKPIE
- GREEN: COMPONENTS OF CHILDREN’S BEDY ROUTINE BATH, BRUSHING, PAJAMAS, STORY
- BLUE: MUSICAL ACTS WITH “A” AS THE ONLY VOICE ALABAMA, BANANARAMA, KANSAS, SANTANA
- PURPLE: BIG ____ BAHAMA, CANNON, PIANO, SLAM
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
TYPES OF HATS is a recurring and easy-to-spot category, but the rest of today’s game required some clearing out.
I would have completed this game much faster if there was a tile for ABBA instead of ALABAMA, but in the end I was able to make an unfounded assumption among all the AMA words.
Seeing the link between CANYON and PIANO helped me choose the purple/hardest group, assuming Grand Bahama was an island.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Thursday, January 15, game #949)
- 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
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.
