NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, January 4 (game #938)

Date:
Sat, 03 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 3 (game #937) .

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

Today's NYT Connections words are GRUMP COPY BLOCK PRINT ISSUE SCAN CRANK
SACK REEL ETAIL TACKLE WIND DREAR BLITZ COIL EDITION NYT Connections today (game #938) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Publishing GREEN: Coil BLUE: Defense PURPLE: Extra bum 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 #938) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: PAPER PUBLICATION GREEN: SPOOL BLUE: THINGS A DEFENSIVE FOOTBALL PLAYER DOES
PURPLE: SYNONYMS FOR BUTT PLUS STARTING LETTER

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #938) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #938, are YELLOW: PAPER PUBLICATION COPY, EDITION, ISSUE, PRINT GREEN: SPOOL COIL, CRANK, REEL, WIND BLUE: THINGS A DEFENSIVE FOOTBALL PLAYER DOES BLITZ, BLOCK, SACK, TACKLE PURPLE: SYNONYMS FOR BUTT PLUS STARTING LETTER DREAR, ETAIL, GRUMP, SCAN My rating: Hard My score: 1 mistake

I missed out on todays cheeky purple category as I was looking in the wrong places for added letters.

My mistake came when I connected GRUMP, DREAR, WIND and CRANK, thinking theyd all work with an added Y as perhaps personality traits of miserable men or something. That said, I managed to resist a second mistake by collecting the multi-printer functions PRINT, COPY and SCAN. The lack of a fourth held me back.

As someone who doesnt follow the NFL, I was pleased to get THINGS A DEFENSIVE FOOTBALL PLAYER DOES, although I was tempted to put SCAN in here too. In soccer the ability to scan the pitch and know everyones positions is a highly regarded ability. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, January 3, game #937) YELLOW: ARMY RANKS CAPTAIN, GENERAL, MAJOR, PRIVATE GREEN: LEGWEAR IN THE SINGULAR JEAN, JOGGER, OVERALL, SLACK BLUE: RIHANNA #1 HITS DIAMONDS, SOS, UMBRELLA, WORK PURPLE: WET_____ BAR, BLANKET, NURSE, WILLY 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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