NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, September 24 (game #1201)

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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints a

<![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 Wednesday's puzzle instead</strong> then click here: <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-23-september-2026"><strong>NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, September 23 (game #1200)</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-24-september-2026">Strands hints and answers</a> and <a href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/quordle-today-answers-clues-24-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-1201-today-s-words"><span>NYT Connections today (game #1201) - 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="UnuEkFg86hhJ7VAz7nT7Vg" name="TR_nyt_connections-hints-1201 (1)" alt="NYT Connections hints for game 1201 on a purple background" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UnuEkFg86hhJ7VAz7nT7Vg-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>THE BEAR</li><li>FOAM FINGER</li><li>POGO STICK</li><li>FACE PAINT</li><li>BOBBLEHEAD</li><li>BEER HAT</li><li>UNCLE SAM</li><li>CAPE</li><li>CREATION OF</li><li>ADAM</li><li>TRAMPOLINE</li><li>FANGS</li><li>BREATHE</li><li>FAKE BLOOD</li><li>I'M WITH STUPID</li><li>SHIRT</li><li>SNAKES IN A CAN</li><li>HERB TEA</li></ul><h2 class="article-body__section" id="section-nyt-connections-today-game-1201-hint-1-group-hints"><span>NYT Connections today (game #1201) - hint #1 - group hints</span></h2><p>What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?</p><ul><li><strong>YELLOW: </strong>Dracula disguise</li><li><strong>GREEN: </strong>Bouncy items</li><li><strong>BLUE: </strong>It could be you</li><li><strong>PURPLE: </strong>Letters in common</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-1201-hint-2-group-answers"><span>NYT Connections today (game #1201) - hint #2 - group answers</span></h2><p>What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?</p><ul><li><strong>YELLOW: </strong>PARTS OF A VAMPIRE COSTUME</li><li><strong>GREEN: </strong>THINGS WITH SPRING/S</li><li><strong>BLUE: </strong>FEATURING POINTING</li><li><strong>PURPLE: </strong>ANAGRAMS</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-1201-the-answers"><span>NYT Connections today (game #1201) - 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="XZDBZcqRAPrJiujH3WCfbg" name="TR_nyt_connections-answers-1201" alt="NYT Connections answers for game 1201 on a purple background" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XZDBZcqRAPrJiujH3WCfbg-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 #1201, are…</p><ul><li><strong>YELLOW: PARTS OF A VAMPIRE COSTUME: </strong>CAPE, FACE PAINT, FAKE BLOOD, FANGS</li><li><strong>GREEN: THINGS WITH SPRING/S: </strong>BOBBLEHEAD, POGO STICK, SNAKES IN A CAN, TRAMPOLINE</li><li><strong>BLUE: FEATURING POINTING: </strong>CREATION OF ADAM, FOAM FINGER, I'M WITH STUPID SHIRT, UNCLE SAM</li><li><strong>PURPLE: ANAGRAMS: </strong>BEER HAT, BREATHE, HERB TEA, THE BEAR</li></ul><ul><li><strong>My rating:</strong> Hard</li><li><strong>My score: </strong>1 mistake</li></ul><p>I got away with only making one mistake today, but it could have easily been more — as I yet again felt utterly baffled by the 16 tiles.</p><p>My mistake was linking FOAM FINGER, FACE PAINT, BEER HAT and BOBBLEHEAD, thinking they all had something to do with being a sports fan — not that I actually know what a BOBBLEHEAD is, except that it sounds like tat.</p><p>After this, PARTS OF A VAMPIRE COSTUME was the only group I felt confident in. For THINGS WITH SPRING/S I felt TRAMPOLINE and POGO STICK had bouncing in common and took a guess with the other two, while FEATURING POINTING I thought was all about comedy T-shirts.</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-wednesday-september-23-2026-game-1200"><span>Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, September 23, 2026, game #1200)</span></h3><ul><li><strong>YELLOW: THINGS YOU GRAB BEFORE LEAVING THE HOUSE: </strong>KEYS, PHONE, SUNGLASSES, WALLET</li><li><strong>GREEN: WEBSITE HURDLES: </strong>AGE VERIFICATION, CAPTCHA, COOKIE CONSENT, PAYWALL</li><li><strong>BLUE: THINGS THAT COME IN CANS: </strong>CONDENSED MILK, PAINT, SHAVING CREAM, SPAM</li><li><strong>PURPLE: ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR "TERM": </strong>BITCOIN, RECORD LABEL, RUB-A-DUB, SURINAME</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> ]]>