NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, January 23 (game #957)

Date:
Thu, 22 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 Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, January 22 (game #956) .

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

Today's NYT Connections words are STONE TEMPLE PILOT LIP STREET CHEEK FOOT TRAFFIC EYE ACRE FLOOD METER GARAGE LIME BUSHEL VALET NYT Connections today (game #957) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Take at face value GREEN: Legally leave your vehicle BLUE: Opposite of metric PURPLE: Add with a bright word

Need more clues? NYT Connections today (game #957) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: FACIAL FEATURES GREEN: KINDS OF PARKING BLUE: IMPERIAL UNITS PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "LIGHT"

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #957) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #957, are YELLOW: FACIAL FEATURES CHEEK, EYE, LIP, TEMPLE GREEN: KINDS OF PARKING GARAGE, METER, STREET, VALET BLUE: IMPERIAL UNITS ACRE, BUSHEL, FOOT, STONE PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "LIGHT" FLOOD, LIME, PILOT, TRAFFIC My rating: Easy My score: 1 mistake

STONE, TEMPLE and PILOT was todays in-joke, a nod to the 1990s rock group who shared festival line ups with Nirvana and Pixies back in the day.

They all turned up in separate groups, with PILOT causing my mistake. Correctly identifying the foursome as WORDS BEFORE LIGHT I had FLOOD, LIME, and TRAFFIC locked in, but incorrectly thought the fourth was STREET.

IMPERIAL UNITS are something that I live with in the UK thanks to our unique system of toggling between sensible and ridiculous measuring systems without any explanation. Although, to be fair, I dont think Ive ever needed a BUSHEL (an amount thats equivalent to 64 gallons or 35.2 liters) of anything.
Custard maybe? Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, January 22,
game #956) 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 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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