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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day in your time zone – meaning some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you want a Friday puzzle instead and click here: NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Friday, January 30 (game #964).
Hello! Let’s play Connections, a clever word game from the NYT that challenges you to collect answers in various fields. It can be difficult, so read on if you need some tips on hooking up.
SPOILER ALERT: Information about today’s NYT Connections is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (match #965) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Communications words are…
- DRESS
- OF DESIRE
- ROLLER
- FOOTBALL
- FAST
- STETHOSCOPE
- BHSHASHA
- MIXER
- THE SONGS
- SHOOT YOU CAN’T
- WELCOME
- COMPUTER KEY
- CONVERSION
- TUNING FORK
- PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE
- Knife PALETTE
NYT Connections today (match #965) – tip #1 – team tips
What are some pointers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- THURSDAY: Event types
- GREEN: Decorative tools
- GREEN: An outline of the book has been compiled
- WONDERFUL: Think of a word that rhymes with “lift”
Need more leads?
We’re tight on spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the answers to the four themes of today’s NYT Connections puzzles are…
NYT Connections today (game #965) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers to today’s NYT Connections groups?
- GRAY: TYPES OF GROUPS
- GREEN: TECHNIQUES TO APPLY PAINT
- BLUE: NON-Y OBJECTS
- DRY: WHAT IS THE “SHIFT” I MEAN
Of course, the answers are below, so DO NOT CONTINUE IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEMSELVES.
NYT Connections today (match #965) – answers
The answers to today’s Connect, game #965, are…
- GRAY: TYPES OF GROUPS BALL, RUNNER, RECEIVE, FAST
- GREEN: TECHNIQUES TO APPLY PAINT BHSHASHA, PALETTE KNIFE, ROLLER, PROOF MASTER
- BLUE: NON-Y OBJECTS ALTAR, GRANT, SEWING FORK, WISH PRIZE
- DRY: WHAT IS THE “SHIFT” I MEAN COMPUTER KEY, WEAR, CHANGE, RUN TIME
- My rating: It’s difficult
- My score: It’s complete
Getting purple first is always the biggest buzz you can get when playing Connections – it does for me anyway, as it’s a very rare event.
I would like to say that the key to purple success is to first read the board or write notes on each tile, but I think you either see it or not and today WORK TIME was a weird way of saying “SHIFT” that sent me on my way to glory.
At that time, the blue group Y-SHAPEED THINGS completely passed me by.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, January 30, game #964)
- THURSDAY: DISTRICT AREA, CLUSTER, PATCH, POCKET
- GREEN: LAST THINGS COMB, COMPACT, NAIL FILE, TWEEZERS
- BLUE: OBJECTS WITH REPRESENTATIVE AREAS BAND-AID, LINT ROLLER, STICKER, TEA
- BLACK: ___ HAND HELP, MINUTE, POKER, UP
What is 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 level of difficulty: green is easy, yellow is a little harder, blue is usually harder and purple is usually more difficult.
On the other hand, you don’t technically need to solve the last one, as you will be able to answer that one through the process of elimination. In addition, you can make four mistakes, which gives you a little breathing room.
It’s a bit more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there’s more chance for the game to get bogged down with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other word games that can hide answers.
It’s free to play through the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
