Looking for the most recent<\/strong> Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Today’s NYT\u00a0Connections puzzle\u00a0offers a mix of difficulty. My own last name showed up as a clue, which was kind of neat. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong>\u00a0Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Yellow group hint<\/strong>: They waddle.<\/p>\n Green group hint<\/strong>: What you do in a rage room.<\/p>\n Blue group hint<\/strong>: Paperback or hardcover.<\/p>\n Purple group hint<\/strong>: Tinseltown legends.<\/p>\n Yellow group<\/strong>: Features of a duck.<\/p>\n Green group<\/strong>: Destroy.<\/p>\n Blue group<\/strong>: Found on a book jacket.<\/p>\n Purple group<\/strong>: Classic Hollywood actors.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong> Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words<\/p>\n <\/div> The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Jan. 18, 2026.<\/p>\n <\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n The theme is features of a duck. The four answers are bill, feathers, webbing and wings.<\/p>\n The theme is destroy. The four answers are break, damage, total and wreck.<\/p>\n The theme is found on a book jacket. The four answers are author, quote, synopsis and title.<\/p>\n The theme is classic Hollywood actors. The four answers are Cooper (Gary Cooper), Grant (Cary Grant), Peck (Gregory Peck) and Price (Vincent Price).<\/p>\n Don’t miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. <\/em>Add CNET<\/em> as a preferred Google source.<\/em><\/p>\nHints for today’s Connections groups<\/h2>\n
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