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Hey there, Connectors. I hope you’re doing well.

I haven’t watched a ton of pro wrestling lately, but I made it a point to tune into Wednesday’s episode of AEW Dynamite . It was a tribute episode for Ben “Pac” Sattersly, an immensely talented and athletic wrestler who died on Sunday at the age of 40.

The 2.5-hour show was a beautiful homage to a man and performer who was evidently adored by his peers, many of whom were visibly and deeply emotional during the show. AEW has already had to hold several tribute shows in its short history. It’s awful that’s been the case. Still, this week’s Dynamite was an powerful show. It’s far from the first time I’ve cried watching pro wrestling, and I don’t expect it to be the last.

(There’s some mild cursing in this video, so be warned.)

Soon after Sattersly’s death, I saw someone repost a tweet he put up in 2012 and I wanted to share it with you. “Throw your heart out in front of you and run ahead to catch it,” he wrote. That’s a lovely sentiment, and one I think we could all stand to follow.

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Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, October 2 are coming right up. Let’s get rolling!

Connections is a free New York Times daily word game that you can play on the NYT ’s website or Games app. If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the Connections archive, which includes every previous game.

Connections presents you with a grid of 16 words (sometimes phrases, symbols or numbers). The aim is to arrange them into four groups of four. You don’t know how they hit together or what the category for each group is: that’s what you have to figure out.

There’s only one correct solution and there are often red herrings. You can guess incorrectly three times. A fourth wrong guess, and it’s game over.

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to deduce, followed by green, blue and purple. Often, the yellow and green groups have synonyms, the blues have cultural references and the purples have some kind of wordplay involved. But this is not a hard and fast rule. Be ready for curveballs – part of the fun of Connections is in how the NYT shakes things up to keep you on your toes.

As with Wordle and similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends using an emoji-based grid. The game tracks your progress too.

Many players take pride in having long win streaks or getting a reverse rainbow – correctly guessing the purple, blue, green and yellow groups in that order with no mistakes. That adds an extra little challenge.

Today’s NYT Connections Word List

After today’s Connections word list, I’ll give you a hint for each category. After that, I’ll reveal one word that goes into each group. Then I’ll reveal the categories, followed by the full answers.

  • LITTLE
  • REAL ESTATE
  • COMMON
  • RING
  • INDEX
  • FUND
  • BANKROLL
  • RIB
  • STANDARD
  • MIDDLE
  • STOCK
  • SUPPORT
  • BACK
  • NUMBER
  • ROUTINE
  • TIME

Today’s NYT Connections Hints

The hints for today’s Connections categories are:

  • 🟨 Yellow group — when a capital idea needs capital
  • 🟩 Green group — let’s get digital
  • 🟦 Blue group — as is the way
  • 🟪 Purple group — suspect and video would fit in here

One Answer For Each NYT Connections Group

Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.

Let’s take a look at one answer for each group.

  • 🟨 Yellow group — BACK
  • 🟩 Green group — RING
  • 🟦 Blue group — STOCK
  • 🟪 Purple group — TIME

Today’s NYT Connections Categories

Today’s Connections groups are...

  • 🟨 Yellow group — finance
  • 🟩 Green group — fingers
  • 🟦 Blue group — customary
  • 🟪 Purple group — prime _____

Today’s NYT Connections Answer

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Today’s Connections answers are...

  • 🟨 Yellow group — finance (BACK, BANKROLL, FUND, SUPPORT)
  • 🟩 Green group — fingers (INDEX, LITTLE, MIDDLE, RING)
  • 🟦 Blue group — customary (COMMON, ROUTINE, STANDARD, STOCK)
  • 🟪 Purple group — prime _____ (NUMBER, REAL ESTATE, RIB, TIME)

I zipped through today’s game after remembering we had a group of investment-related terms very recently. The yellows were up first thanks to BANKROLL, then the fingers stuck out at me.

The blues were up next. No issue there. That left the purples, and it only took me a moment to see the connection there to take my streak to 579 wins.

How did you get on this time? Here’s my grid:

That’s all from me here on the Connections front this week. I’ll be back with you for more fun and games on Monday. In the meantime, you can check out my weekend instalments of this column and more of my writing at my newsletter , Pastimes .

P.S. I recently checked out a game I’d been looking forward to called Blackwood . It has a killer premise: you’re a DVD store owner by day in its 2012 setting, and a John Wick-style assassin at night. It was in rough shape, and the developers have a lot to do to polish it up and properly execute on their vision.

I do like some aspects of it, like this song that’s on the soundtrack. It’s a post-punk track called “Perfectly Hopeless” by Coma Svensson featuring Divty. I dug it enough to add it to my catch-all playlist:

Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!

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