NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, January 22 (game #956)

Date:
Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

FULL STORY ======================================================================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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, January 21 (game #955) .

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.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

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 #956) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are TIMER FUMBLE SPINY SHARP TURNOVER ELLEN CRISP MISS USE CLEAR COBBLER TRIP CRUMBLE FLUFF DISTINCT STRUDEL NYT Connections today (game #956) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Photographic terms GREEN: Apple puddings BLUE: Clumsy accident PURPLE: Add to famous periodicals

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 #956) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW:
WELL-DEFINED, AS AN IMAGE GREEN: FRUIT DESSERTS BLUE: BUNGLE PURPLE:
MAGAZINES PLUS A LETTER

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #956) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #956, are YELLOW: WELL-DEFINED, AS
AN IMAGE CLEAR, CRISP, DISTINCT, SHARP GREEN: FRUIT DESSERTS COBBLER,
CRUMBLE, STRUDEL, TURNOVER BLUE: BUNGLE FLUFF, FUMBLE, MISS, TRIP PURPLE: MAGAZINES PLUS A LETTER ELLEN, SPINY, TIMER, USE My rating: Easy My score: Perfect

As someone who only half knows things about US sports I initially thought
that I should be seeing a very obvious group connected to football FUMBLE, TURNOVER, TIMER

Then, spying STRUDEL, CRUMBLE and COBLER, I deduced that we were connecting a group where a TURNOVER was made from puff pastry and often accompanied by ice cream as opposed to men in tights chasing a giant egg.

From here, matters were fairly straightforward, although Im peeved I didnt
see MAGAZINES PLUS A LETTER one of the more gettable purple groups, and one
I could have seen first if Id have not been distracted by pastry. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, January 21, game #955) YELLOW: ITEMS TO RECYCLE BOTTLE, CAN, CARDBOARD BOX, NEWSPAPER GREEN: BEDDING BLANKET, SHAM, SHEET, THROW BLUE: PLAGIARIZE COPY, CRIB, LIFT, PIRATE PURPLE: BATMAN'S "BAT" THINGS CAVE, MOBILE, SIGNAL, SUIT 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.



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