NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, January 10 (game #944)

Date:
Fri, 09 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 Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers
for Friday, January 9 (game #943) .

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

Today's NYT Connections words are BOOK BAR GRAM SPLIT TUBE WEB JET APP MOLE STRAW DESKTOP PIPE HOSE DIP VOLT MOBILE NYT Connections today (game #944) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Cylindrical objects GREEN: Technology systems BLUE: Quick exit PURPLE: Quantities of things

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 #944) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: HOLLOW CYLINDERS GREEN: SOFTWARE PLATFORMS BLUE: TAKE OFF PURPLE: UNITS OF MEASURE

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #944) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #944, are 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 My rating: Hard My score: 2 mistakes

I made two mistakes today. The first one was foolish, the second calculated but fortunately both resulted in a one away pop up.

My first error was including BAR in the group of HOLLOW CYLINDERS, instead of HOSE. I think it was because I was thinking of sturdy cylinders, rather than the more flexible hose but very annoying to miss the blindingly obvious.

My second error came as I collected what I was certain were UNITS OF MEASURE. MOLE didnt feel right, so I went with DIP initially, but I should have worked out that it was short for molecule. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, January 9, game #943) YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE RED 3 BALL, CARDINAL, HEART EMOJI, SOLO CUP GREEN: USED IN METAPHORS FOR PRECARIOUS SITUATIONS 8 BALL, DEEP END, LIMB, THIN ICE BLUE: MUSICAL ARTISTS MINUS STARTING NUMBERS 6 MAFIA, CHAINZ, DIRECTION, NON BLONDES PURPLE: CARDINAL DIRECTIONS WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED COUTH, FORTH, LEST, OAST 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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