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Need help with the Friday, September 25, 2026 NYT Connections puzzle? Start with the hints below and stop before the spoiler section if you want to solve it yourself. PuzzlePage and TechRadar identify this edition as game #1202 and agree on the answers.
Hints for Connections #1202
Each group contains four words. The hints get more specific as you go; stop when you have enough to make your guesses.
- Yellow: Think luxury or classy stuff.
- Green: Think parts of a mechanical timepiece.
- Blue: Think of famous people named Dan.
- Purple: Add one letter to each word to form a taxonomic rank.
When a word seems to fit more than one idea, look for the set of four that makes the strongest shared connection.
Full answers for September 25
Spoilers below: the category names and all sixteen tiles are revealed.
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- Yellow — LUXE: BOUGIE, FANCY, POSH, SWANK.
- Green — PARTS OF A MECHANICAL CLOCK: ESCAPEMENT, PENDULUM, RATCHET, SPRING.
- Blue — FAMOUS DANS: AYKROYD, LEVY, RATHER, SAVAGE.
- Purple — TAXONOMIC RANKS PLUS A LETTER: BORDER, CLASSY, FOAMILY, GENIUS.
How the purple group works
Each tile contains an extra letter compared with the taxonomic rank it becomes: BORDER becomes ORDER, CLASSY becomes CLASS, FOAMILY becomes FAMILY, and GENIUS becomes GENUS. FOAMILY is the puzzle tile’s displayed spelling.
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PuzzlePage and TechRadar both identify the date as Connections #1202 and give the same four categories and tile sets: PuzzlePage’s September 25, 2026 guide and TechRadar’s September 25, 2026 guide.
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