NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, September 28 (game #1205)

NYT Connections today (game #1205) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• CHIHUAHUA
• LEMON
• VIPER
• BAMBOO
• CELERY
• TABASCO
• ARKANSANS
• DURANGO
• SPRINGING
• CHARGER
• HORSERADISH
• WHEAT
• POSSESSES
• MIGNONETTE
• CORN
• CHALLENGER

NYT Connections today (game #1205) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: Stick up plants
• GREEN: Enhance your seafood with these
• BLUE: Types of car
• PURPLE: Triple trouble

Need more clues?

NYT Connections today (game #1205) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: THINGS WITH STALKS
• GREEN: OYSTER CONDIMENTS
• BLUE: DODGE MODELS
• PURPLE: THREE LETTERS PLUS REPEATED TRIGRAMS

The answers to today's Connections, game #1205, are…

• My rating: Hard
• My score: 1 mistake

I have never actually had a Bloody Mary, but I managed to convince myself that CELERY, TABASCO, HORSERADISH and LEMON were all things that you would add to vodka and tomato juice.

Fortunately I soon corrected my error after thinking what CELERY might have in common with some of the other tiles.

The next two groups were put together on hunches — I had no idea about DODGE MODELS, but thought that CHALLENGER, CHARGER, DURANGO and VIPER all sounded like macho names for cars. Finally, I took a gamble that MIGNONETTE was a foodstuff (I now know it’s a type of vinegar) and lumped it in with the other OYSTER CONDIMENTS; I’m a purist myself.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, September 27, 2026, game #1204)

• YELLOW: SCULPTURE MEDIA: BRONZE, CLAY, MARBLE, PLASTER
• GREEN: RESTAURANT SEATING OPTIONS: BANQUETTE, BOOTH, CHAIR, STOOL
• BLUE: TELECOM: CARRIER, NETWORK, OPERATOR, PROVIDER
• PURPLE: ENDING IN CHINESE DYNASTIES: BBQING, HOMING, LOHAN, WU-TANG