NYT Connections hint (Mon, 21 Sep)
Overview & Key Takeaways
It might be Monday, but the Connections puzzle doesn't take the day off! And there's no guarantee it will go easy on you.
If you're swiftly running out of guesses and your streak is in the hot seat, we've got everything you need to save it in this Connections guide.
It might be Monday, but the Connections puzzle doesn't take the day off! And there's no guarantee it will go easy on you.
If you're swiftly running out of guesses and your streak is in the hot seat, we've got everything you need to save it in this Connections guide.
Click here to play today's NYT Connections puzzle!
Connections hint for Monday 21st September
Here are your Connections hints for today:
- 🟨 Yellow hint: There are plenty of places to hide in your inbox.
- 🟩 Green hint: The fish aren't coming to you voluntarily.
- 🟦 Blue hint: The board has its own vocabulary.
- 🟪 Purple hint: The symphony has been chopped up into tiny pieces.
- Extra hint 1: One group only has part of the word.
- 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: Compose
- 🟩 Green: Chum
- 🟦 Blue: Mate
- 🟪 Purple: Chop
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: Email Buttons
- 🟩 Green: Ways to Attract Fish
- 🟦 Blue: Chess Verbs
- 🟪 Purple: Starts of Composers' Names
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 Monday, 21st September:
- 🟨 Yellow: Email Buttons (Compose, Drafts, Sent, Spam)
- 🟩 Green: Ways to Attract Fish (Chum, Fly, Spinner, Worm)
- 🟦 Blue: Chess Verbs (Capture, Castle, Check, Mate)
- 🟪 Purple: Starts of Composers' Names (Beet, Brah, Chop, Viva)
The purple group is usually the black sheep in the Connections puzzle, and today was no different. It usually hides words inside of others, though. Only offering part of the word in question is a much rarer curveball!
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!
