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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle wasn’t as difficult as some have been recently. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: You might live in one.
Green group hint: Relates to sound.
Blue group hint: Ante up.
Purple group hint: Meow! Woof!
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Apartment.
Green group: Sonorous.
Blue group: Poker hands, familiarly.
Purple group: ____ animal.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Jan. 6, 2026.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is apartment. The four answers are digs, flat, pad and quarters.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is sonorous. The four answers are clear, deep, full and rich.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is poker hands, familiarly. The four answers are boat, flush, quads and straight.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ____ animal. The four answers are balloon, pack, party and stuffed.
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Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
