NYT Connections hints today: Meanings for each word for Sept. 13, 2026

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For today's puzzle, some key clues include:

- Droppy meaning: to hang downward

- Flaccid meaning: lacking firmness

- Sagging meaning: drifts down

- Slack meaning: not tight

- Cleveland meaning: 24th President of the United States

- Garfield meaning: 20th President of the United States

- Grant meaning: 18th President of the United States

- Madison meaning: 4th President of the United States

- Empty meaning: contains nothing

- Excess meaning: contains too much

- Kewpie meaning: a small, chubby doll with a topknot of hair

Other notable clues are:

- Odie: a gender-neutral name of British origin

- Doublespeak: deceptive language

- Heathcliff: a fictional character in the novel "Wuthering Heights"

- Paramount meaning: superior to others

- Porridge meaning: a soft food made of boiled grains in milk or water

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