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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 Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, February 3 (game #968).
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.
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NYT Connections today (game #969) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- FRICTION
- MAGICAL
- HEATED
- RIVALRY
- BOUT
- CONFLICT
- LIKE
- WAR
- NETSCAPE
- BINGO
- BULLSEYE
- DISCORD
- LOTTERY
- ROUND
- APPROX
- CRAPS
NYT Connections today (game #969) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Conflict
- GREEN: Lucky contests
- BLUE: Roughly speaking
- PURPLE: Basketball starters
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…
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What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CONTENTION
- GREEN: GAMES OF CHANCE
- BLUE: MORE OR LESS, COLLOQUIALLY
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH NBA TEAMS
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The answers to today's Connections, game #969, are…
- YELLOW: CONTENTION CONFLICT, DISCORD, FRICTION, RIVALRY
- GREEN: GAMES OF CHANCE BINGO, CRAPS, LOTTERY, WAR
- BLUE: MORE OR LESS, COLLOQUIALLY APPROX, BOUT, LIKE, ROUND
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH NBA TEAMS BULLSEYE, HEATED, MAGICAL, NETSCAPE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
Putting HEATED and RIVALRY tiles beside each other was the in-joke of this game, but it’s also a pretty good definition of CONTENTION.
I made my first mistake putting that yellow group together, choosing WAR instead of RIVALRY.
Later in the game WAR tripped me up again in the group that became GAMES OF CHANCE. Instead, I picked BULLSEYE as I thought it was about luck somehow (in darts and archery, you get top points for hitting it).
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, February 3, game #968)
- YELLOW: CUT INTO PIECES CUBE, DICE, HASH, MINCE
- GREEN: PROVIDE WITH A PLACE TO STAY BOARD, HOUSE, LODGE, QUARTER
- BLUE: KINDS OF GOLF CLUBS IRON, PUTTER, WEDGE, WOOD
- PURPLE: MEMORY ____ CARD, FOAM, HOLE, LANE
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.
TOPICS Wordle NYT Connections Johnny DeeContributorJohnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna's addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.
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