NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for September 9, 2026
Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.
The NYT Connections puzzle for September 9, 2026 is a word game that requires players to group 16 words into four categories based on a common theme. The game, created by associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu, is available on both web browsers and mobile devices. Each category is color-coded, with yellow being the easiest and purple being the most challenging. Today's categories are as follows:
Yellow: Hard to Understand - BEWILDERING, ESOTERIC, INCOMPREHENSIBLE, OPAQUE
Green: Words with Small Prefixes - MICROBREWERY, MINIVAN, NANOTECHNOLOGY, PICOSECOND
Blue: Horror Movies - ARACHNOPHOBIA, HALLOWEEN, IT, SAW
Purple: Words before Force - BRUTE, ELECTROMAGNETIC, G, TASK
Players have up to four mistakes to guess the correct category for each word before the game ends. Words correctly grouped are removed from the board.
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