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Really, New York Times? The paper noted for being rather sedate actually put the words SUB and DOM next to each other in today’s NYT Connections puzzle. Of course, they didn’t mean what they could have meant, and they did not end up in the same category, but still. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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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: Like an understudy.
Green group hint: Delete is another one.
Blue group hint: Like penne.
Purple group hint: At the end of words.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Act as a backup.
Green group: PC keyboard keys.
Blue group: Pasta shapes.
Purple group: Suffixes.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Jan. 25, 2026.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is act as a backup. The four answers are cover, fill in, sub and temp.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is PC keyboard keys. The four answers are alt, enter, menu and windows.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is pasta shapes. The four answers are bowtie, ribbon, shell and tube.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is suffixes. The four answers are ate, dom, hood and ship.
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