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    Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Jan. 26 #960

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    Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Jan. 26 #960

    Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Jan. 26 #960

    Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Jan. 26, No. 960

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    Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is a fun one. Even the purple category, which requires you to play around with the letters in the words, is entertaining. 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.

    Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

    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: Treat unfairly.

    Green group hint: Make someone feel intimidated.

    Blue group hint: You like me!

    Purple group hint: Animal names, with a twist.

    Answers for today’s Connections groups

    Yellow group: Exploit.

    Green group: Daunt.

    Blue group: Iconic actresses.

    Purple group: Mammals minus last letter.

    Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

    What are today’s Connections answers?

    The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Jan. 26, 2026.

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    The yellow words in today’s Connections

    The theme is exploit. The four answers are drain, fleece, milk and squeeze.

    The green words in today’s Connections

    The theme is daunt. The four answers are buffalo, cow, rattle and ruffle.

    The blue words in today’s Connections

    The theme is iconic actresses. The four answers are (Glenn) Close, (Sally) Field, (Jodie) Foster and (Sigourney) Weaver.

    The purple words in today’s Connections

    The theme is mammals minus last letter. The four answers are badge (badger), goa (goat), moos (moose) and rabbi (rabbit).

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