NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, September 28 (game #1205)

Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and

<![CDATA[ <article> <div class="fancy-box"><div class="fancy_box-title">Looking for a different day?</div><div class="fancy_box_body"><p class="fancy-box__body-text">A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. <strong>If you're looking for Sunday's puzzle instead</strong> then click here: <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-27-september-2026"><strong>NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, September 27 (game #1204)</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p></div></div><p>Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints. </p><p>What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily <a href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-28-september-2026">Strands hints and answers</a> and <a href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/quordle-today-answers-clues-28-september-2026">Quordle hints and answers</a> articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's <a href="https://www.techradar.com/news/wordle-today">Wordle today</a> page covers the original viral word game.</p><p><em>SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.</em></p><h2 class="article-body__section" id="section-nyt-connections-today-game-1205-today-s-words"><span>NYT Connections today (game #1205) - today's words</span></h2><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:1920px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="7HXW2SAzmenccktq3NvSD5" name="TR_nyt_connections-hints-1205 (1)" alt="NYT Connections hints for game 1205 on a purple background" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7HXW2SAzmenccktq3NvSD5-1920-80.png" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="1920" height="1080" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline"></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: New York Times)</span></figcaption></figure><p>Today's NYT Connections words are… </p><ul><li>CHIHUAHUA</li><li>LEMON</li><li>VIPER</li><li>BAMBOO</li><li>CELERY</li><li>TABASCO</li><li>ARKANSANS</li><li>DURANGO</li><li>SPRINGING</li><li>CHARGER</li><li>HORSERADISH</li><li>WHEAT</li><li>POSSESSES</li><li>MIGNONETTE</li><li>CORN</li><li>CHALLENGER</li></ul><h2 class="article-body__section" id="section-nyt-connections-today-game-1205-hint-1-group-hints"><span>NYT Connections today (game #1205) - hint #1 - group hints</span></h2><p>What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?</p><ul><li><strong>YELLOW: </strong>Stick up plants</li><li><strong>GREEN: </strong>Enhance your seafood with these</li><li><strong>BLUE: </strong>Types of car</li><li><strong>PURPLE: </strong>Triple trouble</li></ul><p>Need more clues? </p><p>We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…</p><h2 class="article-body__section" id="section-nyt-connections-today-game-1205-hint-2-group-answers"><span>NYT Connections today (game #1205) - hint #2 - group answers</span></h2><p>What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?</p><ul><li><strong>YELLOW: </strong>THINGS WITH STALKS</li><li><strong>GREEN: </strong>OYSTER CONDIMENTS</li><li><strong>BLUE: </strong>DODGE MODELS</li><li><strong>PURPLE: </strong>THREE LETTERS PLUS REPEATED TRIGRAMS</li></ul><p>Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.</p><div data-model-name="Dyson HushJet Mini Cool Fan,JBL Xtreme 5,LG OLED evo AI C6 55-inch TV (2026),DJI Lito X1,Dali Kupid,De'Longhi Dedica Duo" data-widget-type="multimodelreview" data-widget-title="TechRadar 5-star reviewed devices"></div><h2 class="article-body__section" id="section-nyt-connections-today-game-1205-the-answers"><span>NYT Connections today (game #1205) - the answers</span></h2><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:1920px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="8xYn4rrK3dkyTqAMt5FHM5" name="TR_nyt_connections-answers-1205" alt="NYT Connections answers for game 1205 on a purple background" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8xYn4rrK3dkyTqAMt5FHM5-1920-80.png" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="1920" height="1080" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline"></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: New York Times)</span></figcaption></figure><p>The answers to today's Connections, game #1205, are…</p><ul><li><strong>YELLOW: THINGS WITH STALKS: </strong>BAMBOO, CELERY, CORN, WHEAT</li><li><strong>GREEN: OYSTER CONDIMENTS: </strong>HORSERADISH, LEMON, MIGNONETTE, TABASCO</li><li><strong>BLUE: DODGE MODELS: </strong>CHALLENGER, CHARGER, DURANGO, VIPER</li><li><strong>PURPLE: THREE LETTERS PLUS REPEATED TRIGRAMS: </strong>ARKANSANS, CHIHUAHUA, POSSESSES, SPRINGING</li></ul><ul><li><strong>My rating:</strong> Hard</li><li><strong>My score: </strong>1 mistake</li></ul><p>I have never actually had a Bloody Mary, but I managed to convince myself that CELERY, TABASCO, HORSERADISH and LEMON were all things that you would add to vodka and tomato juice.</p><p>Fortunately I soon corrected my error after thinking what CELERY might have in common with some of the other tiles.</p><p>The next two groups were put together on hunches — I had no idea about DODGE MODELS, but thought that CHALLENGER, CHARGER, DURANGO and VIPER all sounded like macho names for cars. Finally, I took a gamble that MIGNONETTE was a foodstuff (I now know it’s a type of vinegar) and lumped it in with the other OYSTER CONDIMENTS; I’m a purist myself.</p><iframe title="How did you do today?" description="Let me know in the comments below" minimumCommentCount="0" class="position-center" data-lazy-priority="low" data-lazy-src=""></iframe><h3 class="article-body__section" id="section-yesterday-s-nyt-connections-answers-sunday-september-27-2026-game-1204"><span>Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, September 27, 2026, game #1204)</span></h3><ul><li><strong>YELLOW: SCULPTURE MEDIA: </strong>BRONZE, CLAY, MARBLE, PLASTER</li><li><strong>GREEN: RESTAURANT SEATING OPTIONS: </strong>BANQUETTE, BOOTH, CHAIR, STOOL</li><li><strong>BLUE: TELECOM: </strong>CARRIER, NETWORK, OPERATOR, PROVIDER</li><li><strong>PURPLE: ENDING IN CHINESE DYNASTIES: </strong>BBQING, HOMING, LOHAN, WU-TANG</li></ul><section class="article__schema-question"><h3>What is NYT Connections?</h3><article class="article__schema-answer"><p>NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.</p><p>On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.</p><p>It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.</p><p>It's playable for free via the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/games/" target="_blank">NYT Games site</a> on desktop or mobile.</p></article></section> </article> ]]>