Looking for a different day?A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, September 21 (game #1198).Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints. What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.NYT Connections today (game #1199) - today's words(Image credit: New York Times)Today's NYT Connections words are… THISTHATTHEOTHERCAFEPATRONAGREEACCENTTOUCHTHOSEROSENEUTRALDETAILDISAGREETHESEFLOURISHNYT Connections today (game #1199) - hint #1 - group hintsWhat are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?YELLOW: DeterminersGREEN: AdornmentBLUE: A quiz with choicesPURPLE: Fancy drinksNeed more clues? We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…NYT Connections today (game #1199) - hint #2 - group answersWhat are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?YELLOW: DEMONSTRATIVESGREEN: EMBELLISHMENTBLUE: OPTIONS ON A MULTIPLE CHOICE SURVEYPURPLE: BEVERAGES WITH ACUTE ACCENTS REMOVEDRight, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.NYT Connections today (game #1199) - the answers(Image credit: New York Times)The answers to today's Connections, game #1199, are…YELLOW: DEMONSTRATIVES: THAT, THESE, THIS, THOSEGREEN: EMBELLISHMENT: ACCENT, DETAIL, FLOURISH, TOUCHBLUE: OPTIONS ON A MULTIPLE CHOICE SURVEY: AGREE, DISAGREE, NEUTRAL, OTHERPURPLE: BEVERAGES WITH ACUTE ACCENTS REMOVED: CAFE, PATRON, ROSE, THEMy rating: EasyMy score: PerfectConnections loves to hide a clue to another group on one of the tiles and today it was ACCENT.This tile featured in the green group for EMBELLISHMENT but may also have tipped some crafty players off to the fact that we were searching for a group featuring accents or, as it happened, BEVERAGES WITH ACUTE ACCENTS REMOVED.Before linking the fancy drinks I took a bit of a risk with the yellow group, having to choose between THE and THIS. Had I paid attention more at school I may have found this task easier — demonstratively easier, even. Yet somehow I scraped through without a single error.Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, September 21, 2026, game #1198)YELLOW: EMAIL BUTTONS: COMPOSE, DRAFTS, SENT, SPAMGREEN: WAYS TO ATTRACT FISH: CHUM, FLY, SPINNER, WORMBLUE: CHESS VERBS: CAPTURE, CASTLE, CHECK, MATEPURPLE: STARTS OF COMPOSERS' NAMES: BEET, BRAH, CHOP, VIVAWhat is NYT Connections?NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.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 a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.