Beat Today’s Connections With These Hints and Clues: September 20
Stuck on September 20’s NYT Connections? Our spoiler-free clues and category nudges will help you crack the grid and keep your New York Times Games streak alive.
Stuck on today’s NYT Connections? Same. Here are some gentle nudges, then the full answers, so you can keep the streak alive without rage-quitting.
Quick refresher on Connections
It’s a daily New York Times Games puzzle where you sort 16 words into four groups of four based on hidden themes. It’s one of their most popular time-wasters for a reason. The catch: you only get four wrong guesses to play with, so every click counts.
Today’s grid: September 20
The 16 words on the board: FLYER, LARK, LINCOLN, SCRAPER, ROCKET, DIVE, CHIP, FORD, DUCK, WING, STAR, DODGE, FRY, RAM, SENATOR, DIP.
Hints without spoiling it
Yellow is all about car brands. Green is classic sports bar food. Blue points to the NHL, but think singular team members. Purple is four words that all take the same prefix.
Little inside baseball: WING looks like a hockey clue, but the puzzle wants you thinking about food, not the Detroit team. And yes, SKYLARK is legit, as are SKYDIVE, SKYROCKET, and SKYSCRAPER. That shared prefix is the whole trick.
Answers
- Yellow - Car brands: DODGE, FORD, LINCOLN, RAM
- Green - Bit of sports bar fare: CHIP, DIP, FRY, WING
- Blue - NHL team member: DUCK, FLYER, SENATOR, STAR
- Purple - Sky_____ : DIVE, LARK, ROCKET, SCRAPER
More NYT Games to burn time with
Beyond Connections, the Times runs Wordle, Strands, Letter Boxed, and more on the site and in the NYT Games app. The full Crossword and the Mini are behind a subscription if you want those, too.