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ForbesToday's NYT “Connections” tips and answers for Saturday, September 28thFrom Kris Holt

Hey people! I hope you have a fantastic weekend.

In case you missed it, The New York Times And The athletic one debuted a sports-based version of Connections last week.

I'm glad to have a second game Connections I'll play every day, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to do that well. I don't know much about North American sports, even though I've lived in Canada for well over a decade. I am first and foremost a European footballer and not a footballer. For example, I know almost nothing about the college sports system and am bad with team logos. But I have good general knowledge, so I might be able to master trickier games.

Like the regular one Connectionswe will be writing down clues and answers for each day's games for the foreseeable future. I will share tasks in this regard with my colleagues Paul and Erik.

At least today NYT Connections Hints and answers are coming soon.

How to play connections

Connections is a free, popular one New York Times daily pun. You will receive a new puzzle every day at midnight. You can play on that NYT Website or gaming app.

You will be presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to divide them into four groups of four by figuring out the connections between them. The groups can be, for example, elements that you can click on, names of research participants, or words preceded by a body part.

Each puzzle has only one solution, and you have to be careful when it comes to words that could fit into more than one category. You can mix up the words to perhaps better see the connections between them.

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to understand, blue and green are in the middle, and the purple group is usually the most difficult. The purple group often contains puns.

Select four words that you think go together and click Send. If you guess and are wrong, you lose a life. When you're close to finding the right group, you may see a message saying you're one word away from the right group, but you still need to figure out which word to swap.

If you make four mistakes, the game is over. Let's make sure that this doesn't happen with the help of some tips, and if you really find it difficult, even with today's ones Connections Answer. Like with Wordle and other similar games, it's easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats.

What are today's connection notes?

Scroll slowly! Right after the clues for each of today's Connections Groups, I will reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you what words appear in them.

Today's 16 words are…

• PLAY
• JUSTICE
• THROW
• ENERGY
• HONOR
• HAPPEN
• HOLD
• SHINE
• DISCARD
• SHEET
• CONDITION
• FULFILL
• CEILING
• WORK
• HOLD
• PULL

And the clues for today's groups are:

• Yellow group – stick to your word
• Green group – cozy covers
• Blue Group – Things you can do if you hold some of 52
• Purple Group – Agencies

What are today's sorority groups?

Do you need additional help?

Be warned: We're starting to get into this Spoiler territory.

Today's groups are…

• Yellow group – keep it as a promise
• Green Group – Bedding
• Blue group – actions in card games
• Purple Group – Cabinet Departments

What are today's connection solutions?

Spoiler alert! Don't scroll any further down the page until you're ready to find out today Connections Answer.

This is your final warning!

Today Connections Answers are…

• Yellow group – keep a promise (FULFILL, HONOR, KEEP, UPHOLD)
• Green Group – Bedding (blanket, pillowcases, sheet, throw)
• Blue group – actions in card games (DISCARD, DRAW, PASS, PLAY)
• Purple Group – Cabinet Departments (ENERGY, JUSTICE, LABOR, STATE)

I was very happy that I had a perfect game and was able to extend my winning streak to three. This is what happened to me:

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I immediately thought of the purple group from which JUSTICE and WORK jumped out at me. The yellows were then easy enough.

It took a moment for the final two groups to reach their conclusions. At first I thought there might have been something to the pairing of THROW and DISCARD, but figure out the greens and then the blues without making a mistake.

That's all for today Connections Hints and answers. Be sure to check out my blog for tips and the walkthrough for Monday's game if you need them.

PS Outside of reality TV shows, it's very rare that you can watch something and be able to say with certainty that someone's life was changed forever in that moment. One of my all-time favorite videos on YouTube shows Pharrell Williams listening to the brilliant “Alaska” by Maggie Rogers (then a student) for the first time and absolutely raving about the song: