It’s a whole new week, and that means you’ve got a fresh chance to push onwards and upwards with that NYT Connections streak! Today’s puzzle isn’t so tough, but it’s Monday, and that means you might be feeling worse for wear. With that being said, I’ve got the NYT Connections hints and answers you need to smash this challenge as quickly as possible.
Read on to learn what you need to know!
How to Play NYT Connections
In June 2023, NYT Connections emerged as yet another game in the ever-growing New York Times lineup. This title soared immediately, and it’s easy to see why. As a free-to-play, accessible New York Times game, NYT Connections is available to users worldwide and can be played on either desktop devices or via a mobile app.
But how do you play NYT Connections?
The NYT team will provide you with a grid of 16 words once a day. The only task left up to you is to sort those words into four groups of four by finding their commonalities. Every NYT Connections puzzle has just one solution, and some words might have a double meaning, so it can sometimes be tricky to figure out the answers.
It’s also important to stress that the words are color-coded: yellow, blue, green, and purple. That’s in order of difficulty from least to most difficult, too.
What’s critical here is that you get four guesses every day, and if you use those, your NYT Connections answers for today will be out of reach, as it’ll be game over.
Today’s NYT Connections Hints (February 9)
Here are the words from today’s NYT Connections puzzle:
- APPROACH
- BONUS
- POKER
- NEEDLE
- STRAWS
- LOOM
- STYLE
- ADVANCE
- NEAR
- WAY
- SCISSORS
- FEE
- ROYALTY
- YARN
- MANNER
- THE LINE
And here are the hints I can offer for today’s NYT Connections:
- Yellow – Good luck weaving the answer for this one
- Green – Think of a method to solve this one
- Blue – Ways in which you can earn money
- Purple – These are things you might draw
Here’s the final warning before we get to the NYT Connections answers for today, February 9:
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NYT Connections Answers Explained for Today, February 9 (#974)
If you want to jump straight to the answers for today’s NYT Connections puzzle, I’ve got you covered:
- Yellow – LOOM, NEEDLE, SCISSORS, YARN
- Green – APPROACH, MANNER, STYLE, WAY
- Blue – ADVANCE, BONUS, FEE, ROYALTY
- Purple – NEAR, POKER, STRAWS, THE LINE
When Does NYT Connections Reset?
That’s today’s puzzle, but if you want the next one, the game resets daily at midnight local time (that’s your local time). You’ll have 24 hours to complete the puzzle when midnight ticks over in your timezone.
How did you do? Did you get a perfect run? Let me know what your streak looks like on the Insider Gaming Discord server
Grant has been gaming for 30+ years and in the industry for 10+. You'll probably find him playing a post-apocalyptic game or an extraction shooter somewhere.
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