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Hints for today’s Connections groupsHere are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
What are today’s Connections answers?
Looking for the most recent NYT Connections puzzle answers? CNET publishes daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.
In Connections, you look at a grid of 16 words and pick four words that have a connection to each other. You do this four times until all 16 words in the puzzle are grouped. The tough part is that Times associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu chooses words that could fit in multiple groups. The obvious guess — hey! Those are four animals! — is almost always going to be wrong. I’ve compiled my favorite tips for Connections if you need a boost.
The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
The purple category in today’s NYT Connections puzzle is tricky once again. Look inside the phrases for hidden words, and expect them to span the two words in each phrase. Read on for hints and today’s Connections answers.
Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Not in a crowded area.
Green group hint: Think of the Mississippi.
Blue group hint: Popular animated movies.
Purple group hint: Think sororities or fraternities.
Read more: We Need to Talk About That Doggone Connections Puzzle
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Secluded.
Green group: River features.
Blue group: First words of Pixar films.
Purple group: Phrases hiding Greek letters.
What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Sept. 29, 2026. NYT/Screenshot by CNET
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is secluded.
The four answers are hidden, remote, secret and tucked away.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is river features.
The four answers are delta, drainage basin, mouth and stream bed.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is first words of Pixar films.
The four answers are finding (Finding Nemo), inside (Inside Out), monsters (Monsters Inc.) and toy (Toy Story).
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is phrases hiding Greek letters.
The four answers are freeze tag (zeta), home game (omega), model tank (delta) and oral phase (alpha).
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
