Date correction: The title’s date and puzzle number do not match the archived listings. Connections #460 is listed for September 13, 2024; the September 14 puzzle is #461. The hints and answers below are for #460, archived for September 13—not for the September 14 puzzle. The New York Times Help Center says its Connections archive goes back to June 12, 2023, with access for All Access and Games subscribers; check the current access terms before relying on that archive.
Hints for Connections #460
These clues move from broad themes to more revealing category descriptions. Stop before the answer section if you want to solve the puzzle yourself.
- One group is about vigor or energy.
- One group reads the same forward and backward, and each word includes the letter E.
- One group draws on the fairy tale named in its category.
- One group consists of automobile model names.
Answers for Connections #460
The archived solution groups the sixteen words into these four categories:
Yellow: Vitality
- ENERGY
- JUICE
- LIFE
- ZIP
Green: Palindromes featuring “E”
- LEVEL
- PEP
- REFER
- TENET
Blue: Featured in “Jack and the Beanstalk”
- BEANS
- COW
- GIANT
- JACK
Purple: Car models
- BEETLE
- CIVIC
- FOCUS
- VOLT
Why the date and number are easy to mix up
Two answer archives list #460 on September 13 and #461 on September 14, 2024; TechRadar’s September 14 report also identifies that day’s puzzle as #461. The archive identity is therefore the clearest way to distinguish the neighboring puzzles: #460 is September 13, while #461 is September 14.
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