NYT Connections Hints & Answers Today: September 22, 2026 (Puzzle #1199)

If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1199 features some clever misdirection, with several words seemingly fitting into food or opinion themes before pulling the rug out from under you.

Here are helpful hints to guide you through today’s puzzle, with the full answers listed further down.

Today’s Connections Strategy & Commentary

Watch out for the red herrings today. At first glance, words like Cafe and Rose could look like they belong together as food or drink items, while Agree and Disagree might seem tied to a simple yes or no group.

Committing to those wrong connections early will cost you chances. We recommend looking at the pattern for each category first. Checking whether a group points out specific things, describes extra decoration, lists survey choices, or shows words that lose their accents will make the remaining words much easier to sort.

Connections Hints Today: Category Clues

If you just need a nudge to get your brain moving in the right direction, here are clues for the four color-coded groups:

• 🟨 Yellow Group Hint (Easiest): These are words used to point out specific people or things.
• 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): These refer to an extra detail or decoration added to make something look nicer.
• 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): These are standard choices you might see on a survey or questionnaire.
• 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): These words look like they have lost their accent mark or special symbol that originally appeared above a letter.

Stuck on one word? If you have The, think spelling first rather than an article. It belongs to the Purple group today! For the Green group, look for words that describe adding something extra.

Here is my result for today’s puzzle:

Connections
Puzzle #1199
🟨🟪🟪🟪
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟨
🟦🟨🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩

⚠️ Spoiler Warning: The full answers are listed below. If you still want to solve the grid yourself using the clues above, do not scroll down.

NYT Connections Answers Today for September 22, 2026, Tuesday Puzzle #1199

Here are the completed categories and groupings for today’s puzzle:

🟨 Yellow Group: DEMONSTRATIVES

• That
• These
• This
• Those

🟩 Green Group: EMBELLISHMENT

• Accent
• Detail
• Flourish
• Touch

🟦 Blue Group: OPTIONS ON A MULTIPLE CHOICE SURVEY

• Agree
• Disagree
• Neutral
• Other

🟪 Purple Group: BEVERAGES WITH ACUTE ACCENTS REMOVED

• Cafe
• Patron
• Rose
• The

Yesterday’s Answer

This is yesterday’s NYT Connections answer for September 21, 2026, Puzzle #1198.

🟨 Yellow Group: EMAIL BUTTONS
🟩 Green Group: WAYS TO ATTRACT FISH
🟦 Blue Group: CHESS VERBS
🟪 Purple Group: STARTS OF COMPOSERS’ NAMES

For older solutions, see our Connections answers archive.

How did you do?

Did today’s puzzle give you a perfect Reverse Rainbow or did the tricky categories wipe out your board?

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