If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1200 features some clever misdirection, with several words seemingly fitting into tech or food 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 Phone and Keys could look like they belong with other tech or small item groups, while Spam and Condensed Milk might seem tied to food only.
Committing to those wrong connections early will cost you chances. We recommend looking at the pattern for each category first. Checking whether a group lists things you grab before going out, common website blocks, items sold in cans, or words ending with terms for agreement 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 items most people take with them every time they leave home.
- 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): These are steps or pop-ups that stop you from viewing content on a website.
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): These are common products or materials that are typically sold in metal containers.
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): Each word ends with a short word that can mean an agreement or official arrangement.
Stuck on one word? If you have Bitcoin, think about the last part of the word rather than cryptocurrency. It belongs to the Purple group today! For the Blue group, look beyond food items to include other things that come in cans.
Here is my result for today’s puzzle:
Connections
Puzzle #1200
🟦🟦🟪🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟨🟨🟪
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
⚠️ 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 23, 2026, Wednesday Puzzle #1200
Here are the completed categories and groupings for today’s puzzle:
🟨 Yellow Group: THINGS THAT YOU GRAB BEFORE LEAVING THE HOUSE
- Keys
- Phone
- Sunglasses
- Wallet
🟩 Green Group: WEBSITE HURDLES
- Age Verification
- Captcha
- Cookie Consent
- Paywall
🟦 Blue Group: THINGS THAT COME IN CANS
- Condensed Milk
- Paint
- Shaving Cream
- Spam
🟪 Purple Group: ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR TERM
- Bitcoin
- Record Label
- Dub-A-Dub
- Suriname
Yesterday’s Answer
This is yesterday’s NYT Connections answer for September 22, 2026, Puzzle #1199.
🟨 Yellow Group: DEMONSTRATIVES
🟩 Green Group: EMBELLISHMENT
🟦 Blue Group: OPTIONS ON A MULTIPLE CHOICE SURVEY
🟪 Purple Group: BEVERAGES WITH ACUTE ACCENTS REMOVED
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?
Share your results grid or vent about today’s trickiest crossover words in the comments below.
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