NYT Connections hint (Sun, 6 Sep)

Running out of guesses? Don't worry! Your streak is safe in our hands. Here, we've got subtle hints and full answers to get you over the finish line of another Connections puzzle.

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Connections hint for Sunday 6th September

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: No holds barred!
• 🟩 Green hint: A computer has a surprising number of doors.
• 🟦 Blue hint: The abbreviation already said it.
• 🟪 Purple hint: The end of the journey is the most important part.
• Extra hint 1: One category focuses on the second word only.
• Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter 'B'

If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:

• 🟨 Yellow: Blank Check
• 🟩 Green: Card Slot
• 🟦 Blue: PIN Number
• 🟪 Purple: Court Scribe

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections groups are revealed just below!

Today's Connections groups revealed

If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today's Connections puzzle, below we'll reveal the four correct Connections groups - the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.

Here are the Connections groups for today:

• 🟨 Yellow: Unrestricted Permission
• 🟩 Green: Places to Insert Something Into on a Computer
• 🟦 Blue: Abbreviations Followed by Redundant Word
• 🟪 Purple: Ending with Ways to Carve a Surface

Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today's puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections answer lies ahead!

Connections answer today

Here is the answer to today's Connections puzzle on Sunday, 6th September:

• 🟨 Yellow: Unrestricted Permission (Blank Check, Carte Blanche, Free Reign, Full Authority)
• 🟩 Green: Places to Insert Something Into on a Computer (Card Slot, Headphone Jack, Optical Drive, USB Port)
• 🟦 Blue: Abbreviations Followed by Redundant Word (ATM Machine, LCD Display, PIN Number, UPC Code)
• 🟪 Purple: Ending with Ways to Carve a Surface (Court Scribe, Director's Cut, Pizza Slice, SAT Score)

This puzzle was tough with all the double words; the extra additions somehow made things even more confusing! Especially when there is classic Connections trickery at play and you don't know what groups have decoy words and what ones don't.

Let us know in the comments below how you found today's puzzle! Here's my grid:

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Congratulations if you got today's Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn't succeed today, don't worry - a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!