Today's Connections Hint and Answer September 19 for 466

It’s almost the weekend! Spend these last few days by dedicating a few minutes to training Connections response for today, September 19th.

If you’ve never played it, Connections challenges you to sort a group of 16 words into four groups where all the words are well… connected. This connection could come from the fact that they share a similar meaning, are part of a place name, objects found in a kitchen, or anything else really!

Although it may seem easy, the connection groups each have a different level of difficulty – yellow being the easiest and purple being the most difficult. For this reason, practice Today’s Login Response This can be quite complicated. You may get one group right away, but another may be a mystery to you. Luckily, we are here to help!

Originally developed at the New York Times’ annual game jam, Connections was released in beta in June 2023. It has since become one of the most popular games featured in the NYTimes, second only to Wordle. Although some connections have been made to the BBC’s Only Connect program…

Hint for today’s Connections answer

Instead of jumping straight to the answer, let’s start with some clues for today’s Connections riddle:

YELLOW – Prefix.
Green – Think about the word that could come next.
Blue – The TV.
Purple – Think about geography.
Super belongs to Yellow, Dinner belongs to Green, and Nova belongs to Blue.

Remember: yellow is the easiest group to find, followed by green and blue, with purple being the hardest set of words to connect.

Connecting Words for September 19th

Here are the words included in today’s Connections puzzle – see if the clues above help you make a connection before visiting today’s answer:

Champagne	Great	Nova	Meeting
Birthday	Nature	Good	Cocktail
Angers	Additional	Surprise	Masterpiece
Hyper	On the front line	On	Dinner

Connections response for September 19

Without further ado, here is Connections’ response for today:

Prefix meaning “very” – Extra, Hyper, More than, Super
Types of parties – Birthday, Cocktail, Dinner, Surprise
PBS Shows – Frontline, Masterpiece, Nature, Nova
Places in France – Angers, Champagne, Nice, Reunion Island

I got really lucky with today’s connections and got everything right on the first try! After enjoying this cute little Oasis reference, I first put together yellow, then green, then blue, then purple.

What to play after Connections?

The obvious answer to this question is Wordle, but if you’ve already solved that problem today, the New York Times has other games to offer. As for word-based games, the NYTimes offers Mini Crossword, Spelling Bee, Letter Boxed, and Strands, which is still in beta. If you feel like taking a break from words, you can also try Tiles — a pattern-matching game — or Sudoku.

Outside of the NYTimes, there is Semantle, where you have to find the secret word by guessing its meaning. Spelling doesn’t matter in Semantle, instead you have to pay attention to the numerical value of your guesses to plot your way to the answer. However, if you prefer to stick to the Connections format, it’s worth checking out Puzzgrid. There are hundreds of Connections-style puzzles there, but the twist is that you only have three minutes to solve them.

(You can also just watch Only Connect on BBC iPlayer…)

If you’re in the mood to read, we explained why the NYTimes’ crossword puzzle is a reliable joy and interviewed Jonathan Knight, head of games for the NYTimes.

Good luck solving today’s connections!