NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, January 11 (game #945)

Date:
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Description:
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 10 (game #944) .

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

Today's NYT Connections words are HALTER DRAIN BIT DROP CROP PACK TANK CREW BASIN CRATER STOPPER BAND CRASH SADDLE TEAM FAUCET NYT Connections today
(game #945) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW : Collection GREEN : Dive BLUE : Sanitary fittings PURPLE : Used while horse-riding

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 #945) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: GROUP GREEN: PLUNGE BLUE: PARTS OF A SINK PURPLE: EQUESTRIAN GEAR

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #945) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #945, are YELLOW: GROUP BAND, CREW, PACK, TEAM GREEN: PLUNGE CRASH, CRATER, DROP, TANK BLUE: PARTS OF A SINK BASIN, DRAIN, FAUCET, STOPPER PURPLE: EQUESTRIAN GEAR BIT, CROP, HALTER, SADDLE My rating: Hard My score: 2 mistakes

The second I saw CREW, CROP and HALTER I convinced myself there was a group about different types of tops. Uncertain of a fourth I added BAND and immediatel;y realized I was on the wrong track.

My second mistake came later, and another illusion that the was a group
linked by the word back including DROP, PACK, TEAM and CREW it made sense at the time!

Before that, though, I experienced the triumph of an early purple thanks to some vague recollections of EQUESTRIAN GEAR from watching the movie Seabiscuit. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, January 10, game #944) YELLOW: HOLLOW CYLINDERS HOSE, PIPE, STRAW, TUBE GREEN: SOFTWARE PLATFORMS APP, DESKTOP, MOBILE, WEB BLUE: TAKE OFF BOOK, DIP, JET, SPLIT PURPLE: UNITS OF MEASURE BAR, GRAM, MOLE, VOLT 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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