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Repair common Windows errors and clear accumulated junk for a smoother, more stable PC - no reinstall needed.Free scan · no reinstallNYT Connections game #472 was the Wednesday, September 25, 2024 puzzle. Here are the category hints first, followed by the full spoiler answer key. The trickiest overlap is ROLLER: it belongs with the room-painting supplies, not the “___ DERBY” group.
Hints for Connections #472
Try these category-level clues before looking at the words in each group:
- Four kinds of sports achievements.
- Four things used to paint a room.
- Foods whose names are associated with cities.
- Familiar phrases that end with “DERBY.”
NYT Connections answers for September 25, 2024
Spoilers below: the four groups and their words are listed in full.
Yellow: Trio of sports achievements
HAT TRICK, THREEPEAT, TRIFECTA, TRIPLE CROWN.
Green: Needs for painting a room
DROP CLOTH, PAINT, ROLLER, TAPE.
Blue: Food named after cities
BROIL, CHEESESTEAK, SPROUTS, WINGS. The city references are London broil, Philly cheesesteak, Brussels sprouts, and Buffalo wings.
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Purple: ___ DERBY
DEMOLITION, HOME RUN, KENTUCKY, SOAP BOX.
Why ROLLER is easy to misread
ROLLER can bring “roller derby” to mind, which makes it look like a possible fit for the purple category. In this board, though, it is grouped with DROP CLOTH, PAINT, and TAPE as a room-painting need. The purple answers are the phrases that complete “___ DERBY.”
How Connections works
The daily board has 16 words to sort into four groups of four. Submit a group when you think its words share a connection; four incorrect guesses end the game. You can play on the NYT website or in the NYT Games app. These are the mechanics reported for the game, not statistics specific to puzzle #472.
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More NYT Games puzzles in print
If you want additional puzzles away from the screen, Simon & Schuster lists Puzzle Mania!: Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Minis and More!, a 224-page NYT Games hardcover by Joel Fagliano, published October 21, 2025. The publisher says it includes new variations on Connections and other games; it is a separate collection, not the answer key for #472. See the publisher’s Puzzle Mania! page.
Simon & Schuster Canada also lists Connections: Find the Common Threads in 100+ Puzzles of Wit and Wordplay, curated by NYT puzzle editor Wyna Liu, with a scheduled publication date of October 27, 2026. That date is in the future as of October 4, 2026, so check the publisher’s page for current release status. See the publisher’s Connections page.
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Sources
- Forbes’ September 24, 2024 guide reports the date, categories, answers, and game format.
- TechRadar’s September 26, 2024 archive independently reproduces the previous day’s game #472 answers.
- Simon & Schuster’s Puzzle Mania! listing and Simon & Schuster Canada’s Connections listing document the separate print collections.
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