The shuffle function in NYT’s Connections generally is a actual sport saver—or an entire failure, relying on the day and the phrases in query. That is the place we are available. There is a set of useful hints for the September 16 (#97) puzzle prepared should you want them, in addition to each reply for right now’s sport if you would like to skip to the perfect bit in a couple of clicks. Hey, no matter works for you is okay by us.
I had a reasonably good begin to my Connections weekend, clearing half of right now’s board with out an excessive amount of hassle. The opposite half although? I might relatively not speak about it. Wow, that was far too shut for consolation.
NYT Connections trace right now: Saturday, September 16
Just a few hints that will help you be a part of the dots should you want them.
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Yellow: Traditional fairy tales will see you thru this one. The type with poisoned apples, magical beanstalks, and pink hoods (little ones).
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Inexperienced: The board sport this group’s phrases come from is properly over a millenia previous, however is as well-liked right now because it’s ever been. Knights and pawns are plentiful, however there’s not a single cube to be discovered.
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Blue: The well-known cartoon and its characters have been round because the ’50s. One of the acquainted might be a beagle with white hair and floppy black ears.
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Purple: The songs, exhibits, shirts, and sayings listed here are all linked by two little phrases that may imply a heck of loads. On this case the lacking phrases right here all the time come earlier than those on this Connections.
Do not scroll any additional till you are prepared for the complete solutions!
NYT Connections reply right now: Saturday, September 16 (#97)
Let’s get these Connections linked.
- Yellow: Large, Princess, Witch, Wolf (Fairy story figures)
- Inexperienced: Bishop, Mate, Gambit, Queen (Chess phrases)
- Blue: Charlie, Peppermint Patty, Pigpen, Woodstock (“Peanuts” characters)
- Purple: Lucy, New York, Rock ‘n’ Roll, You (I really like ___)
Extra concerning the New York Occasions’ Connections puzzle sport
Connections is the NYT’s newest well-liked puzzle sport the place it’s important to discover the widespread thread that ties 4 seemingly unrelated phrases collectively. Can you discover all 4 more and more difficult teams of phrases earlier than you make 4 errors? Remember: each day solely has one answer even when some phrases look like they may belong to multiple group, and you may (and may) shuffle the grid as many instances as you should. It could actually assist jog your mind into studying the phrases another way.
If you happen to get pleasure from Connections, it is best to take a look at the board sport Codenames. It is a well-liked occasion sport that duties gamers with utilizing clues to guess sure phrases from a grid. As in Connections, the guts of the sport lies in what number of totally different potential interpretations the phrases may have. Connections additionally clearly owes a debt to Wordle, the hit puzzle sport that the New York Occasions purchased in 2022. Maybe most blatant is the way in which it makes use of coloured emojis to allow you to share the outcomes of your puzzle with different gamers on social media:
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Every shade corresponds to at least one grouping of 4 phrases; a row with blended colours exhibits you incorrectly guessed a number of phrases in a bunch that did not completely match. The rows additionally present what order you solved the Connections puzzle in. The rows aren’t all created equal: the New York Occasions ranks them from “simple” to “difficult” beginning with yellow and progressing to purple.
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Need to present up your Connections associates or simply problem your self? Attempt to begin by figuring out the purple phrases first and nailing them along with your very first guess!