NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, September 20 (game #1197)
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NYT Connections today (game #1197) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- TWILIGHT
- SNOW
- TORTILLA
- SKATE
- DERBY
- FRIED CHICKEN
- COASTER
- HOVER
- BLADE
- BLU-RAY
- BLUEGRASS
- SAND DOLLAR
- NEAR DARK
- BOURBON
- SURF
- SINNERS
NYT Connections today (game #1197) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Circular items
- GREEN: Connected to a southern state
- BLUE: Bloodsucking films
- PURPLE: Add a word the rhymes with “chord”
Need more clues?
NYT Connections today (game #1197) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ROUND FLAT THINGS
- GREEN: ASSOCIATED WITH KENTUCKY
- BLUE: VAMPIRE MOVIES
- PURPLE: _____BOARDS YOU RIDE ON
The answers to today's Connections, game #1197, are…
- YELLOW: ROUND FLAT THINGS: BLU-RAY, COASTER, SAND DOLLAR, TORTILLA
- GREEN: ASSOCIATED WITH KENTUCKY: BLUEGRASS, BOURBON, DERBY, FRIED CHICKEN
- BLUE: VAMPIRE MOVIES: BLADE, NEAR DARK, SINNERS, TWILIGHT
- PURPLE: _____BOARDS YOU RIDE ON: HOVER, SKATE, SNOW, SURF
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I would like to propose a new Connections achievement badge: Yellow First.
I know it doesn’t happen by design but, for me at least, it’s also quite rare that I haven’t managed to spot the so-called easiest group of the game — although today I think any group could have been classified as a yellow on any other day.
There is also the fact that the only thing I was unfamiliar with, SAND DOLLAR, was one of the tiles in ROUND FLAT THINGS. My excuse is that we don’t have this type of urchin in the UK — in my ignorance I thought it was something to do with Las Vegas casinos.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, September 19, 2026, game #1196)
What is NYT Connections?
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 playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.