{
  "id": 6369473,
  "title": "NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for September 9, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/nyt-connections-hints-today-clues-answers-for-september-9-2026",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-09T02:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/nyt-connections-hint-answer-today-september-9-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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:\n\nYellow: Hard to Understand - BEWILDERING, ESOTERIC, INCOMPREHENSIBLE, OPAQUE\nGreen: Words with Small Prefixes - MICROBREWERY, MINIVAN, NANOTECHNOLOGY, PICOSECOND\nBlue: Horror Movies - ARACHNOPHOBIA, HALLOWEEN, IT, SAW\nPurple: Words before Force - BRUTE, ELECTROMAGNETIC, G, TASK\n\nPlayers 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.",
  "summary": "Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the \"common threads between words.\" How to solve the puzzle.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "NYT Pips hints, answers for September 9, 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/nyt-pips-hints-answers-for-september-9-2026",
        "published": "2026-09-09T02:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}