{"id":262633,"date":"2026-02-01T15:36:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/262633\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T15:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:36:22","slug":"nyt-connections-hints-and-answers-for-sunday-february-1-game-966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/262633\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, February 1 (game #966)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"099fd361-6b37-49cb-9ce0-0ca43ba2cb13\">Good morning! Let&#8217;s play Connections, the NYT&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">What should you do once you&#8217;ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I&#8217;ve also got daily <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/websites-apps\/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-1-february-2026\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/websites-apps\/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-1-february-2026\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/websites-apps\/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-1-february-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Strands hints and answers<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/websites-apps\/quordle-today-answers-clues-1-february-2026\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/websites-apps\/quordle-today-answers-clues-1-february-2026\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/websites-apps\/quordle-today-answers-clues-1-february-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quordle hints and answers<\/a> articles if you need help for those too, while Marc&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/wordle-today\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/wordle-today\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/wordle-today\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wordle today<\/a> page covers the original viral word game.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"099fd361-6b37-49cb-9ce0-0ca43ba2cb13-2\">SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don&#8217;t read on if you don&#8217;t want to know the answers.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-nyt-connections-today-game-966-today-s-words\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/>NYT Connections today (game #966) &#8211; today&#8217;s words<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JTPBiFcEdC7tcuhoySeFaK.jpg\" alt=\"NYT Connections hints for game 966 on a purple background\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JTPBiFcEdC7tcuhoySeFaK.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JTPBiFcEdC7tcuhoySeFaK.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: New York Times)<\/p>\n<p id=\"0e6c0ce5-81db-4cb3-994f-332ed5152b15\">Today&#8217;s NYT Connections words are\u2026<\/p>\n<p>SHARPPITCHFLATHEATERCLOGJAMBOOSTGLUTEPLUGWEDGEHYPE\u0412\u041e\u0420THORNBANGERMORGAN<a id=\"elk-nyt-connections-today-game-966-hint-1-group-hints\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/>NYT Connections today (game #966) &#8211; hint #1 &#8211; group hints<\/p>\n<p id=\"ac849501-6f42-4d91-af85-590da54f70a9\">What are some clues for today&#8217;s NYT Connections groups?<\/p>\n<p>YELLOW: Build \u2018em upBLUE: Floorfiller wordsGREEN: Types of footwearPURPLE: Front-loaded orchestra<\/p>\n<p id=\"8a0f669e-b9a8-43b5-8468-e21145ba9f8a\">Need more clues?<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today&#8217;s NYT Connections puzzles\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-nyt-connections-today-game-966-hint-2-group-answers\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/>NYT Connections today (game #966) &#8211; hint #2 &#8211; group answers<\/p>\n<p id=\"afd20107-b64c-422d-ba5e-4739b4c201ae\">What are the answers for today&#8217;s NYT Connections groups?<\/p>\n<p>YELLOW: PUBLICIZEBLUE: ANTHEMGREEN: KINDS OF SHOESPURPLE: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PLUS STARTING LETTER<\/p>\n<p id=\"e1550915-2e2a-48d4-a6e8-da92471382f8\">Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON&#8217;T WANT TO SEE THEM.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-3f5dd228-a42e-4dd4-890b-7b205949e609\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s best Get Better At Wordle deals<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-nyt-connections-today-game-966-the-answers\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/>NYT Connections today (game #966) &#8211; the answers<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WAr8GgbxCTqm7Vkxjobe7L.jpg\" alt=\"NYT Connections answers for game 966 on a purple background\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WAr8GgbxCTqm7Vkxjobe7L.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WAr8GgbxCTqm7Vkxjobe7L.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: New York Times)<\/p>\n<p id=\"ec72d3aa-be0b-4ea5-b1de-da0cdac33801\">The answers to today&#8217;s Connections, game #966, are\u2026<\/p>\n<p>YELLOW: PUBLICIZE BOOST, HYPE, PITCH, PLUGBLUE: ANTHEM BANGER, BOP, HEATER, JAMGREEN: KINDS OF SHOES CLOG, FLAT, MULE, WEDGEPURPLE: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PLUS STARTING LETTER GLUTE, MORGAN, SHARP, THORNMy rating: EasyMy score: Perfect<\/p>\n<p id=\"d86e01ee-ccd8-4226-91f6-e07528f4a6c2\">I took one risk today and that was including HEATER in the ANTHEM quartet alongside BANGER, BOP and JAM.<\/p>\n<p>I used to be a DJ back in the day and no one ever called anything I played a \u201cheater\u201d but I\u2019ve subsequently learned that it describes \u201ca crowd-pleasing track that raises the temperature rather than the roof\u201d. I didn\u2019t do much crowd pleasing in my indie disco days, so maybe that\u2019s why it was new to me.<\/p>\n<p>With just eight tiles left, KINDS OF SHOES became obvious as I remained blind to MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PLUS STARTING LETTER \u2013 kudos if you spotted those.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-ad8674bf-af04-4719-957d-ff0815f31fc0\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><a id=\"elk-yesterday-s-nyt-connections-answers-saturday-january-31-game-965\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/>Yesterday&#8217;s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, January 31, game #965)YELLOW: KINDS OF PARTIES BALL, MIXER, RECEPTION, SHOWERGREEN: WAYS TO APPLY PAINT BRUSH, PALETTE KNIFE, ROLLER, SPRAY CANBLUE: Y-SHAPED THINGS SLINGSHOT, STETHOSCOPE, TUNING FORK, WISHBONEPURPLE: WHAT &#8220;SHIFT&#8221; MIGHT REFER TO COMPUTER KEY, DRESS, FLUCTUATION, WORK PERIODWhat is NYT Connections?<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>On the plus side, you don&#8217;t technically need to solve the final one, as you&#8217;ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What&#8217;s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s playable for free via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/games\/strands\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/games\/strands\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NYT Games site<\/a> on desktop or mobile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning! Let&#8217;s play Connections, the NYT&#8217;s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-262633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}