NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, January 28 (game #962)

Date:
Tue, 27 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 Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, January 27 (game #961) .

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

Today's NYT Connections words are RIB MOTOR MOCK TIRE PLATTER RAG NEEDLE GLOVES SHAM BUCKET PRETEND TIME SOAP DUMMY TONEARM ME NYT Connections today (game #962) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Fake GREEN: Things needed to mop floor BLUE: Things needed to play vinyl PURPLE: Precede with an extra word

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 #962) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: IMITATION GREEN: CLEANING SUPPLIES BLUE: COMPONENTS OF A RECORD PLAYER PURPLE: SPARE ____

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #962) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #962, are YELLOW: IMITATION DUMMY, MOCK, PRETEND, SHAM GREEN: CLEANING SUPPLIES BUCKET, GLOVES, RAG, SOAP BLUE: COMPONENTS OF A RECORD PLAYER MOTOR, NEEDLE, PLATTER, TONEARM PURPLE: SPARE ____ ME, RIB, TIME, TIRE My rating: Hard My score: 1 mistake

I made my a mistake thinking that there was a group about teasing someone, connecting RIB, RAG, MOCK, and NEEDLE.

All this was before I spotted the link between DUMMY, PRETEND and SHAM, which MOCK also fitted into.

Im annoyed that I didnt spot COMPONENTS OF A RECORD PLAYER immediately, as Im still a lover of vinyl above any other music format. I think it was MOTOR
that threw me off track, had we had a cartridge or speed selector tile I may not have missed it. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, January 27, game #961) YELLOW: QUITE THE LAUGH GREEN: NHL TEAM MEMBER BLUE: FIRST WORDS
OF ROBIN HOOD CHARACTER NAMES PURPLE: STARTING WITH BASEBALL GEAR 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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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-28-januar y-2026


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