If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1202 features some clever misdirection, with several words seemingly fitting into time or family 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 Spring and Class could look like they belong together as school or season terms, while Family and Genius might seem tied to relationships or intelligence 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 words that describe something expensive or fancy, parts of an old clock, people known by their first name “Dan,” or words formed by adding one letter to a biological rank 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 all words that mean expensive, stylish, or high quality.
- 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): These are key parts found inside a traditional mechanical timepiece.
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): These are famous people whose first name is Dan or Danny.
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): Each word is a common taxonomic rank with one extra letter added in.
Stuck on one word? If you have Foamily, think “family” with an extra letter. It belongs to the Purple group today! For the Green group, look beyond time on a phone to how an old-fashioned clock actually keeps time.
Here is my result for today’s puzzle:
Connections
Puzzle #1202
🟦🟦🟪🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟨🟨🟪
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
⚠️ 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 25, 2026, Friday Puzzle #1202
Here are the completed categories and groupings for today’s puzzle:
🟨 Yellow Group: LUXE
- Bougie
- Fancy
- Posh
- Swank
🟩 Green Group: PARTS OF A MECHANICAL CLOCK
- Escapement
- Pendulum
- Ratchet
- Spring
🟦 Blue Group: FAMOUS DANS
- Aykroyd
- Levy
- Rather
- Savage
🟪 Purple Group: TAXONOMIC RANKS PLUS A LETTER
- Border
- Classy
- Foamily
- Genius
Yesterday’s Answer
This is yesterday’s NYT Connections answer for September 24, 2026, Puzzle #1201.
🟨 Yellow Group: PARTS OF A VAMPIRE COSTUME
🟩 Green Group: THINGS WITH SPRINGS
🟦 Blue Group: FEATURING POINTING
🟪 Purple Group: ANAGRAMS
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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