Unlocking NYT Connections: Sunday's Puzzle Hints and Solutions Revealed

The New York Times' popular word puzzle, Connections, presents a new challenge for players on Sunday, January 25. The game, which requires players to group 16 words into four color-coded categories, is testing the skills of word enthusiasts with its latest set of clues and answers.

Today's Puzzle Breakdown

For this week’s puzzle, the 16 words are: windows, shell, ate, fill, in, ribbon, sub, hood, menu, tube, cover, dom, alt, ship, bowtie, and temp. Players must categorize these words into four groups: Yellow, Blue, Green, and Purple, each with a unique theme.

Extra Hints for Each Group

To help players get started, here are some additional hints:

• Yellow group: If a company has to call in a worker for the day to cover a shift, these words apply.
• Blue group: Italian staple.
• Green group: I might use these as I type this post.
• Purple group: Add these to the end of lots of different words, such as relation or father.

One Word from Each Group

Here’s one word from each group to help get you started:

• Yellow group: cover
• Blue group: bowtie
• Green group: alt
• Purple group: ate

Revealing the Groups

The full spoilers follow here as we get into what the groups are today:

• Yellow group: Act as a backup.
• Blue group: Pasta shapes.
• Green group: PC keyboard keys.
• Purple group: Suffixes.

Final Answers

The full-on answers are below for each group, finally inserting the four words in each category:

• Yellow group: cover, temp, sub, hood
• Blue group: bowtie, ribbon, shell, tube
• Green group: alt, dom, enter, menu
• Purple group: ate, in, ship, fill

References

• NYT Connections Hints Today: Sunday, January 25 Clues And Answers (#959)