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Hints for Connections #453
The hints move from broad nudges to more specific ways to think about each group.
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- Yellow: quota, volume.
- Green: circumstance, scenario.
- Blue: These might come through your door or wait for you close to home.
- Purple: A time of year or Slinky, perhaps.
Spoiler: answers for September 6
Stop here if you want to solve the grid using the hints alone. The full groups and answers follow.
Yellow — Quantity
AMOUNT, COUNT, NUMBER, TOTAL
Green — Incident
AFFAIR, EPISODE, EVENT, MATTER
Blue — Things received in the mail
BILL, CARD, CATALOG, LETTER
Purple — What “spring” might refer to
BOUNCE, COIL, GEYSER, SEASON
How the groups fit
Quantity and incident each collect words with related meanings: an amount can be a count, number, or total, while an incident can be an affair, episode, event, or matter. The mail group gathers common items delivered to a home. The final group uses different meanings of “spring”: a bounce, a coil, a geyser, or the season.
How to replay the puzzle
Connections presents 16 words and asks players to sort them into four groups of four sharing a theme. The groups are color-coded yellow, green, blue, and purple; the New York Times describes yellow as easiest and purple as trickiest. Its editors curate categories using the Oxford Dictionary. See the NYT Connections Help Center for the rules and current play options.
The daily puzzle releases at midnight in the player’s timezone. The Help Center lists the NYT Games app, nytimes.com/games/connections, NYTimes.com/theathletic, and the News app as places to play.
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The NYT archive extends back to June 12, 2023, and is available to All Access and Games subscribers. Archived play counts toward puzzle statistics but not current or maximum streaks, and a completed archive puzzle cannot be replayed. The Help Center has the archive access details.
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