If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1205 features some clever misdirection, with several words seemingly fitting into food or car 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 Corn and Wheat might look like general grains only, while Lemon and Tabasco could seem like common table condiments.
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 plants that grow on tall stalks, things served with oysters, models made by Dodge, or words that follow a specific letter plus repeated three letter chunks 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 plants or crops that grow with a tall upright stem.
- 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): These are common condiments or sides served alongside oysters.
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): These are vehicle models made by the brand Dodge.
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): Each word starts with three letters followed by the same three letters repeated.
Stuck on one word? If you have Possesses, look for the double S pattern. It belongs to the Purple group today! For the Blue group, think muscle cars and SUVs from Dodge.
Here is my result for today’s puzzle:
Connections
Puzzle #1205
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🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
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⚠️ 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 28, 2026, Monday Puzzle #1205
Here are the completed categories and groupings for today’s puzzle:
🟨 Yellow Category: Things With Stalks
- Bamboo
- Celery
- Corn
- Wheat
🟩 Green Category: Oyster Condiments
- Horseradish
- Lemon
- Mignonette
- Tabasco
🟦 Blue Category: Dodge Models
- Challenger
- Charger
- Durango
- Viper
🟪 Purple Category: Three Letters Plus Repeated Trigrams
- Arkansas
- Chihuahua
- Possesses
- Springing
Yesterday’s Answer
This is yesterday’s NYT Connections answer for September 27, 2026, Puzzle #1204.
🟨 Yellow Category: Sculpture Media — Bronze, Clay, Marble, Plaster
🟩 Green Category: Restaurant Seating Options — Banquette, Booth, Chair, Stool
🟦 Blue Category: Telecom — Carrier, Network, Operator, Provider
🟪 Purple Category: Ending In Chinese Dynasties — BBQing, Homing, Lohan, Wu-Tang
For older solutions, see our Connections answers archive.
How did you do?
Did today’s puzzle give you a perfect solve or did the repeated letter pattern group take you extra tries?
Share your results grid in the comments below.
A new puzzle becomes available every midnight based on your local time zone. It appears at different times around the world including United States UTC-4 to UTC-8, Philippine Standard Time UTC+8, Australia UTC+8 to UTC+11, and New Zealand UTC+12 or UTC+13.
Check back tomorrow for more Connections hints, strategy tips, and the next answer.
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