A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, September 16 (game #828).
Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #829) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- PINWHEEL
- RAINBOW
- STUFF
- BACKPEDAL
- SHOEHORN
- FLAG
- NEIGHBORHOOD
- STREET
- WEDGE
- FLIP-FLOP
- VANE
- JAM
- ABOUT-FACE
- WIND CHIME
- KANGAROO
- RENEGE
NYT Connections today (game #829) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Items that need a breeze
- GREEN: Switch sides
- BLUE: Squeeze them in
- PURPLE: Partial names of Kids’ TV classics
Need more clues?
We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #829) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: THEY'RE BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
- GREEN: CHANGE ONE'S TUNE
- BLUE: CRAM
- PURPLE: LAST WORDS IN LONG-RUNNING CHILDREN'S SHOW TITLES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #829) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #829, are…
- YELLOW: THEY'RE BLOWIN' IN THE WIND FLAG, PINWHEEL, VANE, WIND CHIME
- GREEN: CHANGE ONE'S TUNE ABOUT-FACE, BACKPEDAL, FLIP-FLOP, RENEGE
- BLUE: CRAM JAM, SHOEHORN, STUFF, WEDGE
- PURPLE: LAST WORDS IN LONG-RUNNING CHILDREN'S SHOW TITLES KANGAROO, NEIGHBORHOOD, RAINBOW, STREET
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Another game without any tricks and a round that could, thankfully, be completed without knowledge of LAST WORDS IN LONG-RUNNING CHILDREN’S SHOW TITLES.
It would have been nice if Connections could have included “answers” to the yellow group, THEY’RE BLOWING IN THE WIND, instead of all these things that do actually blow in the wind.
For the purple group I was initially thinking it could be “things neighbors have in their yard” as we had a neighbor who had some WIND CHIMES that were so noisy and annoying that he had to take them down. Barking dogs? Banging techno? Drills? Car alarms? All fine in central London. Wind chimes? A step too far.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, September 16, game #828)
- YELLOW: KEEP TABS ON FOLLOW, MONITOR, TRACK, WATCH
- GREEN: ONE IN A DOZEN DONUT, JUROR, MONTH, ROSE
- BLUE: THINGS WITH INK PEN, PRINTER, SQUID, TATTOO MACHINE
- PURPLE: ___RABBIT ROGER, TRIX, VELVETEEN, WHITE
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
