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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, January 2 (game #936).
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 #937) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- GENERAL
- BAR
- BLANKET
- SLACK
- OVERALL
- WORK
- UMBRELLA
- NURSE
- PRIVATE
- JEAN
- MAJOR
- DIAMONDS
- WILLY
- JOGGER
- SOS
- CAPTAIN
NYT Connections today (game #937) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Chain of command
- GREEN: Pant types
- BLUE: RiRi tracks
- PURPLE: Precede with a damp word
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 #937) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ARMY RANKS
- GREEN: LEGWEAR IN THE SINGULAR
- BLUE: RIHANNA #1 HITS
- PURPLE: WET_____
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #937) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #937, are…
- YELLOW: ARMY RANKS CAPTAIN, GENERAL, MAJOR, PRIVATE
- GREEN: LEGWEAR IN THE SINGULAR JEAN, JOGGER, OVERALL, SLACK
- BLUE: RIHANNA #1 HITS DIAMONDS, SOS, UMBRELLA, WORK
- PURPLE: WET_____ BAR, BLANKET, NURSE, WILLY
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
I know that she is happy building her cosmetic and fashion empires, and becoming one of the wealthiest business tycoons in the world, but I miss Rihanna being a pop star. She was excellent at it.
That said, I am ashamed I completely missed all the RIHANNA #1 HITS – I blame her absence from the radio for the past decade.
Instead, I managed to fumble together the purple group, although I only had BLANKET and NURSE to go on, I guessed my way to success after initially thinking wet WORK was a thing. Maybe it’s what they call it if your job is an UMBRELLA tester?
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Friday, January 2, game #936)
- YELLOW: WRITE JOT, LOG, NOTE, RECORD
- GREEN: SHTICK BIT, GAG, NUMBER, ROUTINE
- BLUE: BENCHMARK BAR, EXAMPLE, METRIC, STANDARD
- PURPLE: VEGETABLES MINUS STARTING LETTER ALE, EEK, HIVE, QUASH
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.
