NYT Connections Puzzle #1209 Answers for Friday, October 2

NYT Connections puzzle #1209 is now live. The New York Times game presents 16 words daily, and your task is to sort them into four groups of four by identifying their commonalities. Each group is color-coded by difficulty: yellow (easiest), blue, green, and purple (hardest).

Today's puzzle includes words with multiple meanings, so identifying the connections requires careful consideration. You have four guesses to complete the puzzle before it resets.

The yellow group focuses on words to describe financing something. The blue group contains ways to describe something being customary. The green group includes finger-related terms. The purple group features terms that can follow 'prime'.

Today's answers are: Yellow group (financing): BACK, BANKROLL, FUND, SUPPORT. Green group (fingers): INDEX, LITTLE, MIDDLE, RING. Blue group (customary): COMMON, ROUTINE, STANDARD, STOCK. Purple group (follows 'prime'): NUMBER, REAL ESTATE, RIB, TIME.

NYT Connections resets daily at midnight in your local timezone, giving you 24 hours to solve each puzzle before the next one becomes available.