Connections #940 Answers
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #940 for Tuesday, January 6, 2026. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): apartment
- Green: sonorous
- Blue: poker hands, familiarly
- Purple (hardest): ___ animal
Answers
APARTMENT
DIGS, FLAT, PAD, QUARTERS
SONOROUS
CLEAR, DEEP, FULL, RICH
POKER HANDS, FAMILIARLY
BOAT, FLUSH, STRAIGHT, QUADS
___ ANIMAL
BALLOON, PACK, PARTY, STUFFED
Previous Connections answers
- #939 — things you can do on social media, furthest point, art movements, with "-ism", what "v" might mean
- #938 — paper publication, spool, things a defensive football player does, synonyms for butt plus starting letter
- #937 — army ranks, legwear in the singular, rihanna #1 hits, wet ___
- #936 — write, shtick, benchmark, vegetables minus starting letter
- #935 — bit of magic, remove the covering from, "enthusiast" equivalent, butter___
- #934 — happy new year!, places where things disappear, associated with philadelphia, starting with bodies of water
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