If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1183 features some heavy misdirection, with several words seemingly fitting into a tech or food theme before pulling the rug out from under you.
Below are strategic, spoiler-free hints to help you group today’s words on your own, followed by the exact categories and answers at the bottom of the page.
Today’s Connections Strategy & Commentary
Watch out for the red herrings today. At first glance, words like PIN Number and ATM Machine look like they belong together as banking or tech terms, while Director’s Cut and Pizza Slice could easily be sorted as media or food rather than ending with the same word.
Committing to those wrong groups early will cost you chances. We recommend looking at the pattern for each category first. Checking whether a phrase grants full permission, refers to a physical connection point, repeats the full name in the second word, or shares a common ending word 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): Phrases that mean complete freedom to act as one chooses.
- 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): Openings or ports used to plug devices into a computer.
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): Phrases where the first word is an acronym and the second word repeats its last letter.
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): Every answer ends with the same five-letter word that refers to a cut or portion.
Stuck on one word? If you have Free Reign, think permission rather than rule or monarchy. It belongs to the Yellow group today! For the Blue group, notice what each letter stands for — PIN already means Personal Identification Number, so adding Number repeats it.
⚠️ 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 Sunday, September 6, 2026
Here are the completed categories and groupings for today’s puzzle:
🟨 Yellow Group: UNRESTRICTED PERMISSION
- Blank Check
- Carte Blanche
- Free Reign
- Full Authority
🟩 Green Group: PLACES TO INSERT SOMETHING INTO ON A COMPUTER
- Card Slot
- Headphone Jack
- Optical Drive
- USB Port
🟦 Blue Group: ABBREVIATIONS FOLLOWED BY REDUNDANT WORD
- ATM Machine
- LCD Display
- PIN Number
- UPC Code
🟪 Purple Group: ENDING WITH WAYS TO CARVE A SURFACE
- Court Scribe
- Director’s Cut
- Pizza Slice
- SAT Score
Yesterday’s Answer
This is yesterday’s NYT Connections answer for September 5, 2026, Puzzle #1182.
🟨 Yellow Group: MOVE UNSTEADILY
🟩 Green Group: BIRD ONOMATOPOEIA
🟦 Blue Group: _____HEAD
🟪 Purple Group: DESSERTS MINUS LAST LETTER
For a complete list, visit our Connections archive.
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