Fortunately, my good luck streak continues with the NYT Connections puzzle for today. However, if you’re suffering from some bad luck, then keep reading. We will break down all the hints, categories, and answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for January 26. So, without further ado, let’s begin.
Hint for Today’s Connections Themes
Let’s begin with some quick hints for the Connections themes today. Check them out and see if you can guess any of them.
- Yellow Category – Do you like baseball?
- Green Category – A heavy hit is all that matters
- Blue Category – All of these are found in a board game
- Purple Category – A word follows after all of these
We wish we could go into more detail here, but these hints are the best we can share. They are all related to the categories for the puzzle, so think hard before you scroll down below to see the exact category names. But we think you don’t need an additional hint today. However, if you still can’t find them and need more help, maybe these tricks to solve NYT Connections will help.
Spoiler Warning #1 While this section included hints for the categories, the next section names them directly. Only proceed if ready.
Today’s Connections Category Names
If you still can’t figure out the NYT Connections category names, then keep reading for more help.
- Yellow – BASEBALL EQUIPMENT
- Green – HARD HIT
- Blue – ORIGINAL MONOPOLY TOKENS
- Purple – _ _ _ BUNNY
We hope you can guess the words under each category now. However, If you still cannot and need more help, keep reading.
Spoiler Warning #2 The next section includes the answer for today’s puzzle; you will see all the answers in their categories. This is your last chance to solve it yourself.
Connections Answer for January 26
Are you still stuck with the puzzle? In that case, the answers to today’s Connections are:
- BASEBALL EQUIPMENT – Ball, Base, Bat, Glove
- HARD HIT – Blow, Lick, Sock, Strike
- ORIGINAL MONOPOLY TOKENS – Boot, Iron, Thimble, Top Hot
- _ _ _ BUNNY – Bad, Bugs, Dust, Honey
Today’s NYT Connections puzzle was a bit of good luck for me. Or, well, shall I say the good streak continues? I started out my journey by solving the Yellow category. I have little interest in or knowledge of baseball. However, I have seen enough American movies to identify the equipment from a lineup.
I then used my big brain and identified the Purple category easily. To be fair, it was an easy enough category to solve. I then moved on to the Green category, and while I didn’t really understand it, I solved it.
I only had four words left, so I got them all together and solved the NYT Connections puzzle for January 26.
NYT Connections Past Answers
We hope the answers above helped you solve the NYT Connections puzzle for today. However, if you stumbled here by accident, there’s a chance you might be looking for answers to previous puzzles.
Well, for such times and more, we have you covered. Feel free to go through our directory to NYT Connections for the last three days for all the help you need.
What about you? How was your experience with today’s puzzle? Where did you get stuck if you did? Let us know in the comments below.
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