New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #459 September 12, 2024

Connections is here again to challenge fans of word puzzle games. Winning this difficult game means sorting all sixteen words into mystery categories, and your only clues are the words themselves. But today’s puzzle is harder than even the rules of Connections make it sound.

If you are looking for a helping hand with this puzzle, you can find help in the article below. It contains everything you need to solve this one, including general puzzle hints, clues for the categories, and much more.

Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #459 for September 12, 2024

The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Sake, Save, Pepsi, Mochi, Curry, Feta, Bird, Biota, Like, Magic, Advantage, Kobe, Favorite, Interest, Bookmark, and Benefit.

What is the Definition of Biota?

According to the Oxford dictionary, biota is “the animal and plant life of a particular region, habitat, or geological period.”

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

For some hints for this mobile game similar to Wordle, you can look at the sections below. Open them up to find everything from general hints to category spoilers.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

Here are some hints for this
mobile-friendly puzzle game
:

1. None of the categories are about Japanese foods.

2. One of the categories is about how words end.

3. Feta and Biota are in the same category.

Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer:
Saving a website to look at later.

Yellow Connections Category Answer

The category for the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Mark Online For Later.

Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Mark Online For Later.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Bookmark, Favorite, Like, Save.

Green NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer:
To work for someone else’s gain.

Green Connections Category Answer

The category for the green/medium difficulty
Connections
is
Behalf.

Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the green/medium difficulty
Connections
is
Behalf.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Advantage, Benefit, Interest, Sake.

Blue NYT Connections Category Hints

Blue Connections Category Answer

The category for the blue/difficult
Connections
is
NBA Legends, Familiarly.

Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the blue/difficult
Connections
is
NBA Legends, Familiarly.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Bird, Curry, Kobe, Magic.

Purple NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer:
The endings of these words all have something in common.

Purple Connections Category Answer

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
Ending with Greek Letters.

Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
Ending with Greek Letters.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Biota, Feta, Mochi, Pepsi.

Answers for Today’s NYT Connections #459 for September 12, 2024

The full answer to this challenging puzzle game is in the section below. Open it up to see all four categories and what goes in each one of them.

• Yellow – Mark Online For Later
  : Bookmark, Favorite, Like, Save
• Green – Behalf
  : Advantage, Benefit, Interest, Sake
• Blue – NBA Legends, Familiarly
  : Bird, Curry, Kobe, Magic
• Purple – Ending with Greek Letters
  : Biota, Feta, Mochi, Pepsi

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