NYT Connections Hints & Answers Today: September 29, 2026 (Puzzle #1206)

If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1206 features some clever misdirection, with several words seemingly fitting into geography or movie 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 Delta and Mouth might look like general geography terms, while Finding and Toy could seem like just common words.

Committing to those wrong connections early will cost you chances. We recommend looking at the pattern for each category first. Checking whether a group describes places far from others, parts of a river, titles that start a Pixar film name, or phrases that hide a Greek letter 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 describe places that are far away or hidden from view.
• 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): These are parts or features found along a river.
• 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): These are the first words in titles of famous Pixar animated films.
• 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): Each phrase contains a hidden letter from the Greek alphabet.

Stuck on one word? If you have Oral Phase, see the hidden Alpha inside. It belongs to the Purple group today! For the Blue group, think movies from Pixar studios.

Here is my result for today’s puzzle:

Connections
Puzzle #1206
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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 29, 2026, Tuesday Puzzle #1206

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

🟨 Yellow Category: Secluded

• Hidden
• Remote
• Secret
• Tucked Away

🟩 Green Category: River Features

• Delta
• Drainage Basin
• Mouth
• Stream Bed

🟦 Blue Category: First Words Of Pixar Films

• Finding
• Inside
• Monsters
• Toy

🟪 Purple Category: Phrases Hiding Greek Letters

• Freeze Tag
• Home Game
• Model Tank
• Oral Phase

Yesterday’s Answer

This is yesterday’s NYT Connections answer for September 28, 2026, Puzzle #1205.

🟨 Yellow Category: Things With Stalks
🟩 Green Category: Oyster Condiments
🟦 Blue Category: Dodge Models
🟪 Purple Category: Three Letters Plus Repeated Trigrams

For older solutions, see our Connections answers archive.

How did you do?

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