NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, January 17 (game #951)

Date:
Fri, 16 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 Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers
for Friday, January 16 (game #950) .

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

Today's NYT Connections words are PLASTER SLING HIDE BLANKET PELT SINK RED COAT SKIN COVER CAST INKS SIMON HURL KINS CAPTURE NYT Connections today (game #951) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Extend a
layer GREEN: Toss forward BLUE: Same letters in a variety of order PURPLE:
The start of childish pursuits

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 #951) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: SPREAD OVER GREEN: THROW BLUE: ANAGRAMS PURPLE: FIRST WORDS OF KIDS' GAMES

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #951) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #951, are YELLOW: SPREAD OVER BLANKET, COAT, COVER, PLASTER GREEN: THROW CAST, HURL, PELT, SLING BLUE: ANAGRAMS INKS, KINS, SINK, SKIN PURPLE: FIRST WORDS OF KIDS' GAMES CAPTURE, HIDE, RED, SIMON My rating: Hard My score: 3 mistakes

I made hard work of todays yellow group by including SKIN and then HIDE instead of PLASTER, before finally finding the correct quartet.

The green and blue groups were easier, but as ever I was wary of Connections tricks.

A quartet of four-letter ANAGRAMS seemed far too obvious but sometimes the obvious is correct all part of keeping us on our toes. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, January 16, game #950) YELLOW: KINDS OF HATS DERBY, FEDORA, PANAMA, PORKPIE GREEN: COMPONENTS OF A KID'S BEDTIME ROUTINE BATH, BRUSHING, PAJAMAS, STORY BLUE: MUSICAL ACTS WITH "A" AS THE ONLY VOWEL ALABAMA, BANANARAMA, KANSAS, SANTANA PURPLE: GRAND ____ BAHAMA, CANYON,
PIANO, SLAM 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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