NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, January 25 (game #959)

Date:
Sat, 24 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 Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, January 24 (game #958) .

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

Today's NYT Connections words are SUB RIBBON HOOD SHIP SHELL COVER MENU TUBE ENTER BOWTIE FILL IN WINDOWS DOM ALT TEMP ATE NYT Connections today (game #959) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Second choice GREEN: Computer shortcuts BLUE: Different types of Italian staple PURPLE: Commonly added to the ends of words

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 #959) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: ACT AS A BACKUP GREEN: PC KEYBOARD KEYS BLUE: PASTA SHAPES PURPLE: SUFFIXES

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #959) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #959, are YELLOW: ACT AS A BACKUP COVER, FILL IN, SUB, TEMP GREEN: PC KEYBOARD KEYS ALT, ENTER, MENU, WINDOWS BLUE: PASTA SHAPES BOWTIE, RIBBON, SHELL, TUBE PURPLE: SUFFIXES ATE, DOM, HOOD, SHIP My rating: Hard My score: 1 mistake

Did you know that the different PASTA SHAPES are designed for different kinds of sauces. For instance, the BOWTIE (or farfalle, which is Italian for butterfly) is designed for creamy sauces.

Anyway, I digress. Before I realized we were looking for PC KEYBOARD KEYS I inserted ALT as in an alternative into the group that became ACT AS A BACK UP instead of FILL IN. Had we had a tile that said substitute instead of SUB
I think I would have made it through mistake-free.

As a lifelong Mac user, PC Keyboards could include a key featuring an icon of a paper clip or indeed a SHIP for all I know, but I am more than well aware that Microsoft loves colonising the world with as many WINDOWS as possible. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, January 24, game #958) BLUE: KINDS OF NECKLINES BOAT, CREW, HALTER, SCOOP YELLOW: GEAR FOR A BOXER GLOVES, MOUTHGUARD, ROBE, SHORTS GREEN: CHAMPIONSHIP AWARD, CROWN, CUP, TITLE PURPLE: SNOW ___ CONE, GLOBE, LEOPARD, PEA 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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