NYT Connections Hints and Answer Today

Today’s Connections Hints — #1,198 (September 13, 2026)

Here is what links each group, from the easiest (yellow) to the trickiest (purple). Read only as far as you need.

• Yellow (Easiest): LACKING IN FIRMNESS
• Green (Easy): U.S. PRESIDENTS
• Blue (Tricky): WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE TWO LETTERS
• Purple (Trickiest): ENDING IN ELEVATED LANDFORMS

Still stuck? One word in the purple group is DOUBLESPEAK.

Tap to reveal today’s Connections answers

Yellow — LACKING IN FIRMNESSDROOPY, FLACCID, SAGGING, SLACK

Green — U.S. PRESIDENTSCLEVELAND, GARFIELD, GRANT, MADISON

Blue — WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE TWO LETTERSEMPTY, EXCESS, KEWPIE, ODIE

Purple — ENDING IN ELEVATED LANDFORMSDOUBLESPEAK, HEATHCLIFF, PARAMOUNT, PORRIDGE

Yesterday’s Connections Answers

September 12, 2026:

• Yellow — WAYS TO PERSONALIZE A CAR: BUMPER STICKER, FUZZY DICE, HOOD ORNAMENT, VANITY PLATE
• Green — PEOPLE IN AN ONLINE FORUM: LURKER, POSTER, SPAMMER, TROLL
• Blue — THINGS THAT BLINK: CURSOR, EYELIDS, SMOKE DETECTOR, TURN SIGNAL
• Purple — ___ ALERT: NERD, RED, SPOILER, WEATHER

How Connections Works

NYT Connections gives you 16 words. Sort them into four groups of four that share something. Yellow is the easiest group and purple is the hardest. You get four wrong guesses before the game ends. A new puzzle drops at midnight Eastern every day.

Answers come from the official New York Times puzzle data and refresh automatically at midnight Eastern. Last checked: Sep 13, 7:39 am ET.