NYT Connections hint (Fri, 11 Sep)

It's almost time for the weekend, but there's one thing you've got to take care of before you can relax. That's the Connections puzzle, of course.

If you spent your last spoons taking care of business at work, we've got you covered with this Connections guide.

Click here to play today's NYT Connections puzzle!

Connections hint for Friday 11th September

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: The guests themselves aren't enough, you need the whole crew!
• 🟩 Green hint: Really let that sink in.
• 🟦 Blue hint: Sometimes your mind needs a rest too.
• 🟪 Purple hint: Pressure isn't always physical.
• Extra hint 1: One set is a little more metaphorical.
• Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter 'P'

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

• 🟨 Yellow: Florist
• 🟩 Green: Process
• 🟦 Blue: Exercise
• 🟪 Purple: Agenda

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: People Hired for an Event
• 🟩 Green: Internalize
• 🟦 Blue: Ways to Practice Self-Care
• 🟪 Purple: Things That Are Pushed Metaphorically

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 Friday, 11th September:

• 🟨 Yellow: People Hired for an Event (Band, Florist, Photographer, Planner)
• 🟩 Green: Internalize (Absorb, Digest, Process, Take In)
• 🟦 Blue: Ways to Practice Self-Care (Exercise, Journal, Meditate, Unplug)
• 🟪 Purple: Things That Are Pushed Metaphorically (Agenda, Envelope, Limits, Luck)

This puzzle comes together with four kinds of ways to 'take care of business'. Yellow collects people you need to make big things happen, green explores the process of taking information in and processing it, blue is all about taking care of yourself, and purple is all about things that can push you to your limits.

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!