Looking for a different day?
A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, January 25 (game #959).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
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 #960) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- FOSTER
- COW
- BADGE
- MILK
- RABBI
- RATTLE
- FIELD
- MOOS
- SQUEEZE
- CLOSE
- RUFFLE
- FLEECE
- WEAVER
- DRAIN
- GOA
- BUFFALO
NYT Connections today (game #960) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Take advantage of someone
- GREEN: Stir up a situation
- BLUE: Silver screen females
- PURPLE: Beasts with missing end
Need more clues?
NYT Connections today (game #960) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: EXPLOIT
- GREEN: DAUNT
- BLUE: ICONIC ACTRESSES
- PURPLE: MAMMALS MINUS LAST LETTER
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #960) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #960, are…
- YELLOW: EXPLOIT DRAIN, FLEECE, MILK, SQUEEZE
- GREEN: DAUNT BUFFALO, COW, RATTLE, RUFFLE
- BLUE: ICONIC ACTRESSES CLOSE, FIELD, FOSTER, WEAVER
- PURPLE: MAMMALS MINUS LAST LETTER BADGE, GOA, MOOS, RABBI
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
An interesting but tricky game today, with lots of crossovers. I was on the right track with DAUNT, although I thought it was more about pressuring someone, so I had BADGE instead of BUFFALO.
After that came up as ‘one away’, it clicked that the word I was looking for was BADGER – which led me to see the other three words that were MAMMALS MINUS LAST LETTER.
I had an interesting late-night experience with a BADGER last year, when I woke up to one in the early hours who had tipped over our trash and was rummaging around amid the rubbish and rather than run away – I thought they were shy animals – it stared me down, before reluctantly rolling away like a boss.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Sunday, January 25, game #959)
- YELLOW: ACT AS A BACKUP COVER, FILL IN, SUB, TEMP
- GREEN: PC KEYBOARD KEYS ALT, ENTER, MENU, WINDOWS
- BLUE: PASTA SHAPES BOWTIE, RIBBON, SHELL, TUBE
- PURPLE: SUFFIXES ATE, DOM, HOOD, SHIP
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made 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 a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
