NYT Connections September 4 2026 Answers
Puzzle #1181
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
MOON EYE PIZZA PIE THAT'S MORAY CANDY CORN ORANGE OPINE BOWLING BALL RIBBON CAKE DONUT CONGER CHERRY TOMATO STIED GULPER CRINGY
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — SPHERICAL THINGS
Green — FOOD WHOSE NAME IS TWO FOODS
Blue — KINDS OF EELS
Purple — ACCESSORIES INSIDE STARTING AND ENDING LETTERS
SPHERICAL THINGSBOWLING BALL, EYE, MOON, ORANGE
FOOD WHOSE NAME IS TWO FOODSCAKE DONUT, CANDY CORN, CHERRY TOMATO, PIZZA PIE
KINDS OF EELSCONGER, GULPER, MORAY, RIBBON
ACCESSORIES INSIDE STARTING AND ENDING LETTERSCRINGY, OPINE, STIED, THAT'S
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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.