NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Thursday, September 12 (game #459)

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
clues.

What
should
you
do
once
you’ve
finished?
Why,
play
some
more
word
games
of
course.
I’ve
also
got
daily

Wordle
hints
and
answers
,

Strands
hints
and
answers

and

Quordle
hints
and
answers

articles
if
you
need
help
for
those
too.


SPOILER
WARNING:
Information
about
NYT
Connections
today
is
below,
so
don’t
read
on
if
you
don’t
want
to
know
the
answers.


Your
Connections
expert

Marc McLaren

Your
Connections
expert


Marc
McLaren


NYT
Connections
today
(game
#459)

today’s
words

NYT Connections hints for game 459 on a purple background


(Image
credit:
New
York
Times)

Today’s
NYT
Connections
words
are…

  • SAKE
  • SAVE
  • PEPSI
  • MOCHI
  • CURRY
  • FETA
  • BIRD
  • BIOTA
  • LIKE
  • MAGIC
  • ADVANTAGE
  • КОВЕ
  • FAVORITE
  • INTEREST
  • BOOKMARK
  • BENEFIT


NYT
Connections
today
(game
#459)

hint
#1

group
hints

What
are
some
clues
for
today’s
NYT
Connections
groups?


  • Yellow:

    Keep
    on
    the
    internet

  • Green:

    For
    your
    gain

  • Blue:

    Hoop
    dreams

  • Purple:

    Finishes
    with
    letters
    from
    another
    alphabet

Need
more
clues?

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…


NYT
Connections
today
(game
#459)

hint
#2

group
answers

What
are
the
answers
for
today’s
NYT
Connections
groups?


  • YELLOW:
    MARK
    ONLINE
    FOR
    LATER

  • GREEN:
    BEHALF

  • BLUE:
    NBA
    LEGENDS,
    FAMILIARLY

  • PURPLE:
    ENDING
    WITH
    GREEK
    LETTERS

Right,
the
answers
are
below,
so
DO
NOT
SCROLL
ANY
FURTHER
IF
YOU
DON’T
WANT
TO
SEE
THEM.


NYT
Connections
today
(game
#459)

the
answers

NYT Connections answers for game 459 on a purple background


(Image
credit:
New
York
Times)

The
answers
to
today’s
Connections,
game
#459,
are…


  • YELLOW:
    MARK
    ONLINE
    FOR
    LATER

    BOOKMARK,
    FAVORITE,
    LIKE,
    SAVE

  • GREEN:
    BEHALF

    ADVANTAGE,
    BENEFIT,
    INTEREST,
    SAKE

  • BLUE:
    NBA
    LEGENDS,
    FAMILIARLY

    BIRD,
    CURRY,
    KOBE,
    MAGIC

  • PURPLE:
    ENDING
    WITH
    GREEK
    LETTERS

    BIOTA,
    FETA,
    MOCHI,
    PEPSI


  • My
    rating:

    Easy

  • My
    score:

    1
    mistake

This
is
a
fairly
simple
Connections
puzzle

there
are
three
easy
ones,
meaning
that
the
final
(purple)
group
could
be
solved
by
default,
which
is
great
because
that
one
was
super-hard.

Blue
almost
seemed
too
easy

KOBE
couldn’t
really
refer
to
anything
other
than
the
basketball
star
or
the
Japanese
city,
and
with
CURRY,
BIRD
and
MAGIC
also
on
the
board,
it
was
clear
that
it
was
the
former
rather
than
the
latter.
Or
at
least
that
was
the
case
for
me.
If
you
know
nothing
at
all
about
the
NBA,
you
may
have
struggled
with
that
one
too.

As
for
purple…
well,
the
ENDING
WITH
GREEK
LETTERS
aspect
was
a
clever
one,
but
verging
on
too
difficult,
I’d
suggest.
I’m
glad
I
didn’t
need
to
work
out
that
one!

How
did
you
do
today?

Send
me
an
email

and
let
me
know.



Yesterday’s
NYT
Connections
answers
(Wednesday,
11
September,
game
#458)


  • YELLOW:
    LARGE
    AMOUNT
    OF
    MONEY

    BUNDLE,
    FORTUNE,
    MINT,
    PILE

  • GREEN:
    BITS
    OF
    WISDOM

    KERNEL,
    NUGGET,
    PEARL,
    TIDBIT

  • BLUE:
    FEATURED
    IN
    “JURASSIC
    PARK”

    AMBER,
    DINOSAUR,
    MOSQUITO,
    PALEONTOLOGIST

  • PURPLE:
    THINGS
    THAT
    ARE
    PURPLE

    AMETHYST,
    EGGPLANT,
    GRIMACE,
    LAVENDER

What
is
NYT
Connections?

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.

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.

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.

It’s
playable
for
free
via
the

NYT
Games
site

on
desktop
or
mobile.

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