NYT Connections September 10 2026 Answers
Puzzle #1187
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
CATIO ALTERNATING CURRENT LEAD CLOTHESLINE ATLANTIC CITY REPRESENT AIR CONDITIONER ADULT CONTEMPORARY ACTINIUM SEXTANT BADLANDS SULFUR THUNDER ROAD FLOWER BOX KRYPTON BORN TO RUN
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
Green — WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE STICKING OUT OF A WINDOW
Blue — BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN CLASSICS
Purple — ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR "HAPPENING NOW"
CHEMICAL ELEMENTSACTINIUM, KRYPTON, LEAD, SULFUR
WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE STICKING OUT OF A WINDOWAIR CONDITIONER, CATIO, CLOTHESLINE, FLOWER BOX
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN CLASSICSATLANTIC CITY, BADLANDS, BORN TO RUN, THUNDER ROAD
ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR "HAPPENING NOW"ADULT CONTEMPORARY, ALTERNATING CURRENT, REPRESENT, SEXTANT
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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.