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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle offers 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.
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: They waddle.
Green group hint: What you do in a rage room.
Blue group hint: Paperback or hardcover.
Purple group hint: Tinseltown legends.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Features of a duck.
Green group: Destroy.
Blue group: Found on a book jacket.
Purple group: Classic Hollywood actors.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Jan. 18, 2026.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is features of a duck. The four answers are bill, feathers, webbing and wings.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is destroy. The four answers are break, damage, total and wreck.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is found on a book jacket. The four answers are author, quote, synopsis and title.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is classic Hollywood actors. The four answers are Cooper (Gary Cooper), Grant (Cary Grant), Peck (Gregory Peck) and Price (Vincent Price).
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