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The October 12, 2026 edition of NYT Connections (No. 1,219) features a yellow group of synonyms for 'status,' a green group for 'tolerate,' a blue group for word shortenings, and a purple group of words constructed from U.S. postal abbreviations.
The New York Times Connections puzzle #1210 for October 3, 2026, features four distinct categories: terms for toilets, words ending in musicals, names of U.S. museums, and fantasy creatures. Multiple outlets provided hints and solutions, with the yellow group being the easiest and the purple group the most challenging.
The New York Times Connections puzzle for September 26, 2026 (#1203), features four categories: breath fresheners, laundry actions for dress shirts, wood characteristics, and expressions using 'cool.' CNET notes the puzzle was relatively easy, while Mashable and Lifehacker provide context for adjacent daily puzzles.
The New York Times' daily word game Connections released puzzle #1198 on September 21, 2026. The puzzle, rated 2.2 out of 5 in difficulty, challenges players to group 16 words into four categories: email buttons, fishing lures, chess moves, and composer name prefixes.
The New York Times Connections puzzle #1196, released for September 19, 2026, features four distinct word groups. The yellow category focuses on round, flat items; green covers items associated with Kentucky; blue lists vampire movies; and purple identifies boards used for riding. The puzzle is considered moderately difficult, with the purple category being the most challenging.
The September 17, 2026, NYT Connections puzzle (#1194) features four groups: elasticity, underground structures, Hugh Jackman films with 'The' in the title, and phrases following 'love'.
The New York Times Connections puzzle #1191, released on September 14, 2026, features four categories: waterbirds, informants, single-use plastic items, and types of grass. The puzzle is noted for its deceptive word choices, particularly 'teal' and 'blue,' which serve as both colors and bird names, challenging players to look beyond obvious color associations.
The September 12, 2026, edition of NYT Connections (Puzzle #1189) features four categories: car personalization items, online forum participants, things that blink, and words preceding 'alert.' Rated 1.5/5 in difficulty, the puzzle includes words like 'Fuzzy Dice,' 'Troll,' 'Cursor,' and 'Spoiler.'
Mashable’s guide explains NYT Connections for September 7, 2026, detailing how to play (16 words grouped into four color-coded categories with one correct set each round, you can shuffle the board, and you have up to four mistakes). It lists today’s category hints (Yellow: Quite the saga; Green: Parts of a bra; Blue: Associated with pine trees; Purple: Starting with Disney characters) and notes you can jump to the end for the solution if you prefer to skip solving. The article also positions Connections as a Wordle-like daily puzzle and points to related games and recap options.
Mashable’s guide for the NYT Connections puzzle #1181 (Sept 4, 2026) explains how the game works—group 16 words into four color-coded connections and remove correct sets—then provides category hints: Yellow = spherical things; Green = foods whose names combine two foods; Blue = kinds of eels; Purple = accessories hidden within starting and ending letters. The article also notes you can reveal the solution at the end if you wish and offers tips on solving and reshuffling the board to spot connections.
Mashable breaks down the NYT Connections puzzle for September 2, 2026, outlining the four color-coded clue categories (Yellow: Flabbergast; Green: Things in a violin case; Blue: ___ dogs (that are dogs); Purple: ___ dogs (that aren’t dogs)) and explaining how the 16-word, four-group game works (with reshuffles and up to four mistakes). The article also shares the solution to the previous puzzle (#1177).
CNET breaks down NYT Connections for Sept. 2, 2026, sharing four group hints and the completed answers: Yellow (Flabbergast) dazzle, floor, stun, wow; Green (Things in a violin case) bow, mute, rosin, shoulder rest; Blue (____ dogs that are dogs) hunting, rescue, sausage, sheep; Purple (____ dogs that aren’t dogs) corn, prairie, salty, top, along with the four group hints used to reach the solutions.
The article provides the Sept. 2, 2026 NYT Connections hints and solutions, listing four group hints (Yellow: I don’t believe it!, Green: Musical instrument, Blue: Woof! Bark! Arf!, Purple: Like blue but different) and the completed answers: Yellow—dazzle, floor, stun, wow; Green—bow, mute, rosin, shoulder rest; Blue—hunting, rescue, sausage, sheep; Purple—corn, prairie, salty, top. It also notes the puzzle’s grouping themes and links to related NYT puzzle guides.
The article provides hints and the completed NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 31, 2026. Four groups are revealed: Yellow group (Things that come in tubes) with lipstick, poster, tennis balls, toothpaste; Green group (Warnings on a shipping box) with fragile, heavy, perishable, this side up; Blue group (Historical sovereign titles) with caliph, khan, patriarch, shogun; Purple group (____ bowl) with dust, poke, salad, super. The piece includes the hints, the group answers, and context about the puzzle, authored by Gael Cooper.
This piece offers spoiler-free hints for today’s NYT Connections puzzle (Aug. 24, 2026) by focusing on the meanings behind clues and common wordplay/visual-clue tricks used in the game. It highlights example clue meanings (Face, Heel, Jobber, Kayfabe, Mullet, Pike, Sole, Tang, Arch, Chief, Main, Ex-love, Eyelet) and notes Mashable’s ongoing daily hints for NYT Connections, Wordle, and Strands.