NYT Connections September 6 2026 Answers

The Sunday board, spoiler free category hints for all four groups, and the full solution when you are ready.

Puzzle 1,183Edited by Wyna Liu

TODAYS 16 WORD BOARD

In its starting order:

SAT SCOREUPC CODEUSB PORTATM MACHINECARD SLOTBLANK CHECKCOURT SCRIBEPIN NUMBERDIRECTOR'S CUTOPTICAL DRIVECARTE BLANCHEHEADPHONE JACKFREE REIGNPIZZA SLICELCD DISPLAYFULL AUTHORITY

CATEGORY HINTS, NO SPOILERS

Yellow: UNRESTRICTED PERMISSION

Green: PLACES TO INSERT SOMETHING INTO ON A COMPUTER

Blue: ABBREVIATIONS FOLLOWED BY REDUNDANT WORD

Purple: ENDING WITH WAYS TO CARVE A SURFACE

UNRESTRICTED PERMISSIONBLANK CHECK, CARTE BLANCHE, FREE REIGN, FULL AUTHORITY

PLACES TO INSERT SOMETHING INTO ON A COMPUTERCARD SLOT, HEADPHONE JACK, OPTICAL DRIVE, USB PORT

ABBREVIATIONS FOLLOWED BY REDUNDANT WORDATM MACHINE, LCD DISPLAY, PIN NUMBER, UPC CODE

ENDING WITH WAYS TO CARVE A SURFACECOURT SCRIBE, DIRECTOR'S CUT, PIZZA SLICE, SAT SCORE

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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group: yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You are allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight. Play free at nytimes.com.

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