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Hey there, Connectors. The weekend is almost here, so let’s make sure you get there with your Connections streak in one piece.

Today’s a somber day for many folks. As much as I generally like to keep things lighthearted, upbeat and/or jokey in these intros, it doesn’t feel quite appropriate to do that this time. I’ll just say that I hope you’re doing okay.

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Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, September 11 are coming right up.

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.

  • PROCESS
  • LUCK
  • JOURNAL
  • DIGEST
  • EXERCISE
  • ABSORB
  • PLANNER
  • ENVELOPE
  • UNPLUG
  • AGENDA
  • TAKE IN
  • BAND
  • PHOTOGRAPHER
  • MEDITATE
  • FLORIST
  • LIMITS

Today’s NYT Connections Hints

The hints for today’s Connections categories are:

  • 🟨 Yellow group — they can help make sure things go without a hitch when you’re getting hitched
  • 🟩 Green group — let it sink in
  • 🟦 Blue group — the kinds of things we all probably ought to do more of so we can better look after others
  • 🟪 Purple group — sometimes it’s the only way to create some distance

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 — FLORIST
  • 🟩 Green group — PROCESS
  • 🟦 Blue group — UNPLUG
  • 🟪 Purple group — LUCK

Today’s NYT Connections Categories

Today’s Connections groups are...

  • 🟨 Yellow group — people hired for an event
  • 🟩 Green group — internalize
  • 🟦 Blue group — ways to practice self-care
  • 🟪 Purple group — things that are pushed metaphorically

Today’s NYT Connections Answer

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Today’s Connections answers are...

  • 🟨 Yellow group — people hired for an event (BAND, FLORIST, PHOTOGRAPHER, PLANNER)
  • 🟩 Green group — internalize (ABSORB, DIGEST, PROCESS, TAKE IN)
  • 🟦 Blue group — ways to practice self-care (EXERCISE, JOURNAL, MEDITATE, UNPLUG)
  • 🟪 Purple group — things that are pushed metaphorically (AGENDA, ENVELOPE, LIMITS, LUCK)

I got the green group pretty quickly and yet somehow fell for a red herring. I decided to pair ENVELOPE with PLANNER, JOURNAL and AGENDA, even though DIGEST was one of the greens and would have made much more sense.

After that egregious error, PROTOGRAPHER and FLORIST got me back on track with the yellows. I figured that would be more of a wedding-specific category.

At that point, the blues became clear as day. That left the purples, and it only took me a second to figure out the category and submit those to extend my streak to 558.

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

That’s all for my current weekday run of Connections hints and answers. I’ll be back with you here on Monday. I usually publish my weekend editions of this column over at my newsletter, Pastimes , but I’m taking tomorrow and Sunday off.

P.S. My recommendation for today is to practice self-care. It’s so, so, important. Whether you do any of the things mentioned in the blue group or something else, please spend more time taking care of your physical and mental well-being. As I suggested in the blue hint, even if you think of yourself as selfless, it’s really hard to look after those we love without taking care of ourselves as well.

Have a great day, stay hydrated, call someone you love and be kind to yourself and each other.

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