Some days that final pair of Connections just can't seem to untangle themselves—not before you've run out of attempts, anyway. Save your game, your nerves, and your stats in an instant with a little look at every single answer for the Wednesday September 6 (87) puzzle, or just give yourself a nudge in the right direction with today's hints if you'd prefer.
I solved today's Connections in a strange order, leaping straight from the yellow group to the purple and somehow saving the greens until last. It made sense at the time and besides, a win's a win.
NYT Connections hint today: Wednesday, September 6
Yellow: What sort of monsters show up in fairy tales?
Green: Think floral—and be specific
Blue: Only the sneakiest people earn these titles
Purple: What's your star sign? No, the other star sign.
Don't scroll any further until you're ready for the full answers!
NYT Connections answer today: Wednesday, September 6 (87)
Yellow: Gnome, Goblin, Ogre, Troll
Green: Bud, Leaf, Petal, Stalk
Blue: Agent, Mole, Plant, Spy
Purple: Dragon, Horse, Rabbit, Tiger
More about New York Times Connections
Connections is the NYT's latest popular puzzle game where you have to find the common thread that ties four seemingly unrelated words together. Can you find all four increasingly challenging groups of words before you make four mistakes? Don't forget: every day only has one solution even if some words look like they could belong to more than one group, and you can (and should) shuffle the grid as many times as you need to. It can help jog your brain into reading the words in a different way.
If you enjoy Connections, you should check out the board game Codenames. It's a popular party game that tasks players with using clues to guess certain words from a grid. As in Connections, the heart of the game lies in how many different possible interpretations the words could have. Connections also clearly owes a debt to Wordle, the hit puzzle game that the New York Times bought in 2022. Perhaps most obvious is the way it uses colored emojis to let you share the results of your puzzle with other players on social media:
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Each color corresponds to one grouping of four words; a row with mixed colors shows you incorrectly guessed one or more words in a group that didn't totally match. The rows also show what order you solved the Connections puzzle in. The rows aren't all created equal: the New York Times ranks them from "straightforward" to "tricky" starting with yellow and progressing to purple.
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Want to show up your Connections friends or just challenge yourself? Try to start by identifying the purple words first and nailing them with your very first guess!
