NYT Connections hints and answers for January 2, Tips to solve 'Connections' #936.

NYT Connections hints and answers for January 2, Tips to solve 'Connections' #936.

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Key Points:

  • The New York Times Connections puzzle is a popular daily word game where players group 16 words into four sets of four based on common themes, with difficulty increasing each day.
  • Players must find groups such as categories like book titles, software, or country names, and can make up to four mistakes before the game ends; the board can be shuffled to aid in spotting connections.
  • Today's Connections categories are Write, Shtick, Benchmark, and Vegetable minus the starting letter, with the solution sets being: Write (JOT, LOG, NOTE, RECORD), Shtick (BIT, GAG, NUMBER, ROUTINE), Benchmark (BAR, EXAMPLE, METRIC, STANDARD), and Vegetable minus starting letter (ALE, E