Connections #955 Answers
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #955 for Wednesday, January 21, 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): items to recycle
- Green: bedding
- Blue: plagiarize
- Purple (hardest): batman's "bat" things
Answers
ITEMS TO RECYCLE
BOTTLE, CAN, CARDBOARD BOX, NEWSPAPER
BEDDING
BLANKET, SHAM, SHEET, THROW
PLAGIARIZE
COPY, CRIB, LIFT, PIRATE
BATMAN'S "BAT" THINGS
CAVE, MOBILE, SIGNAL, SUIT
Previous Connections answers
- #954 — intertwine, kinds of bees, famous bridges, starting with synonyms for "hanker for"
- #953 — inexperienced, 🤑, measured by si units, words after "quick"
- #952 — features of a duck, destroy, found on a book jacket, classic hollywood actors
- #951 — spread over, throw, anagrams, first words of kids' games
- #950 — kinds of hats, components of a kid’s bedtime routine, musical acts with "a" as the only vowel, grand ___
- #949 — gardening tools, unmoving, things that come in flakes, words formed by two men’s names
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