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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, January 12 (game #946).
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 #947) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SHOULDER
- BOWTIE
- Respect
- ELBOW
- WHEEL
- RANKLE
- RIBBON
- CANE
- PRESS
- BOW
- TOP HAT
- CARD
- ОТОЕ
- MONEYBAG
- GIFT WRAP
- SHOVE
NYT Connections today (game #947) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Fancy wrapping
- GREEN: Budge in
- BLUE: As seen with a board game icon
- PURPLE: Hidden tootsies
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #947) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PRESENT GO-WITHS
- GREEN: JOSTLE
- BLUE: ACCESSORIES FOR MR. MONOPOLY
- PURPLE: PARTS OF THE FOOT PLUS STARTING LETTER
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #947) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #947, are…
- YELLOW: PRESENT GO-WITHS BOW, CARD, GIFT WRAP, RIBBON
- GREEN: JOSTLE ELBOW, PRESS, SHOULDER, SHOVE
- BLUE: ACCESSORIES FOR MR. MONOPOLY BOWTIE, CANE, MONEYBAG, TOP HAT
- PURPLE: PARTS OF THE FOOT PLUS STARTING LETTER OTOE, PARCH, RANKLE, WHEEL
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
The OTOE tile jumped out at me immediately when I was looking over today’s game searching for words within words and I was able to quickly get what turned out to be the hardest/purple group. A rare treat to get this first.
I found the rest of the game more difficult, getting the JOSTLE quartet through a process of elimination – I may have been tempted to include RANKLE if I hadn’t included it previously.
ACCESSORIES FOR MT MONOPOLY was a group I put together while imagining a cartoon man with an impressive moustache and tuxedo but couldn’t place. (Officially he’s called Miburn Pennybags.)
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Monday, January 12, game #946)
- YELLOW: LIVING ROOM FURNITURE ARMCHAIR, BOOKCASE, CONSOLE, FOOTSTOOL
- GREEN: EXPERIENCE LEVELS EXPERT, INTERMEDIATE, NOVICE, PROFICIENT
- BLUE: PROMISE AGREEMENT, COMPACT, HANDSHAKE, UNDERSTANDING
- PURPLE: ENDING IN U.S. COINS CEFTAZIDIME, HEADQUARTER, MONEYPENNY, PUMPERNICKEL
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.
