NYT Connections hint (Thu, 10 Sep)

Are you just going to sit back and let Connections steal your streak away today? Not on our watch! We're here to save your sanity and your streak.

Subtle hints? Check. Full answers? Check. We've got everything you need to get today's puzzle done even if you're onto your last guess.

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Connections hint for Thursday 10th September

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: As seen on the periodic table.
• 🟩 Green hint: When houses start to think outside the box.
• 🟦 Blue hint: Four roads into the Boss's back catalog.
• 🟪 Purple hint: The present tense is hidden at the end.
• Extra hint 1: One group hides its words inside others.
• Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter 'C'

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

• 🟨 Yellow: Lead
• 🟩 Green: Catio
• 🟦 Blue: Born to Run
• 🟪 Purple: Sextant

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: Chemical Elements
• 🟩 Green: What You Might See Sticking Out of a Window
• 🟦 Blue: Bruce Springsteen Classics
• 🟪 Purple: Ending in Synonyms for "Happening Now"

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 Thursday, 10th September:

• 🟨 Yellow: Chemical Elements (Actinium, Krypton, Lead, Sulfur)
• 🟩 Green: What You Might See Sticking Out of a Window (Air Conditioner, Catio, Clothesline, Flower Box)
• 🟦 Blue: Bruce Springsteen Classics (Atlantic City, Badlands, Born to Run, Thunder Road)
• 🟪 Purple: Ending in Synonyms for "Happening Now" (Adult Contemporary, Alternating Current, Represent, Sextant)

Springsteen fans could breathe a sigh of relief about the blue group today. I'm not well versed in my Springsteen works, but at least I know my periodic table!

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!