NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, January 29 (game #963)

Date:
Wed, 28 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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, January 28 (game #962) .

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

Today's NYT Connections words are GOREY SILVERSTEIN GRIZZLY BEAR GRIMM GOLDILOCKS STAIN SCARRY FIBERGLASS SMUG BED LINER FOUNDATION STUMBLER BRONZER PORRIDGExx NYT Connections today (game #963) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Cosmetics GREEN: Components of fairytale BLUE: Items to consume water from PURPLE: Sounds rough

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 #963) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: MAKEUP
GREEN: FEATURED IN GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS BLUE: ENDING WITH DRINKING VESSELS PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF WORDS MEANING "BRUTAL"

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #963) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #963, are YELLOW: MAKEUP BRONZER, FOUNDATION, LINER, STAIN GREEN: FEATURED IN GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS BEAR, BED, GOLDILOCKS, PORRIDGE BLUE: ENDING WITH DRINKING VESSELS
FIBERGLASS, SILVERSTEIN, SMUG, STUMBLER PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF WORDS MEANING "BRUTAL" GOREY, GRIMM, GRIZZLY, SCARRY My rating: Hard My score: 1 mistake

Sometimes a group of words that seem obvious are an actual group, like todays FEATURED IN GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS which included both GOLDILOCKS
and BEAR.

Other times a group that seems obvious like Tuesdays collection of Batman-related words is just a red herring. I suppose this is part of the joys and frustrations of Connections.

My mistake came in collecting what I thought were all childrens story authors
SCARRY, GOREY, GRIM, and SILVERSTEIN. Fortunately, the one away gave me a shot at cobbling together a group that became HOMOPHONES OF WORDS MEANING "BRUTAL". Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, January 28, game #962) 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 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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