NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, January 18 (game #952)

Date:
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 22:20:00 +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 Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, January 17 (game #951) .

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

Today's NYT Connections words are QUOTE PECK PRICE TOTAL DAMAGE TITLE BILL GRANT AUTHOR WINGS COOPER BREAK WEBBING WRECK SYNOPSIS FEATHERS NYT Connections today (game #952) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Bird characteristics GREEN: Ruin something BLUE: Seen on a paperback PURPLE: Stars of the silver screen

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 #952) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: FEATURES OF
A DUCK GREEN: DESTROY BLUE: FOUND ON A BOOK JACKET PURPLE: CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD ACTORS

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #952) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #952, are YELLOW: FEATURES OF A DUCK BILL, FEATHERS, WEBBING, WINGS GREEN: DESTROY BREAK, DAMAGE, TOTAL, WRECK BLUE: FOUND ON A BOOK JACKET AUTHOR, QUOTE, SYNOPSIS, TITLE PURPLE: CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD ACTORS COOPER, GRANT, PECK, PRICE My rating: Easy My score: 1 mistake

I guessed correctly that we were trying to link four tiles connected to
things FOUND ON A BOOK JACKET today, but I included PRICE instead of SYNOPSIS in the quartet.

I cant help but think that I was supposed to fall into this trap.

Fortunately, beyond this crossover between the two hardest groups, the rest
of the game was fairly straightforward although I did spend possibly too
long pondering why BILL, FEATHERS, WEBBING and WINGS are FEATURES OF A DUCK and not any other bird they could also apply to.

Disappearing down a duck-shaped Google hole today I learned that ducks have different accents depending on where they call home city ducks are louder and that they have filtering teeth inside their bills. Fascinating. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, January 17, game #951) 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 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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