NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Saturday, September 12 (#1189)

Players tackling the September 12 NYT Connections puzzle can find the official hints and solutions to maintain their daily streak. Released daily by the New York Times, the browser and mobile word game challenges users to sort a grid of 16 words into four distinct groups of four based on shared commonalities.

Each puzzle features four color-coded difficulty levels ranging from yellow to purple. Players receive four guesses before the game ends. The September 12 puzzle features specific categories for vehicle customization, forum users, blinking items, and words preceding alert.

The yellow category focuses on things used to customize a vehicle, containing the answers bumper sticker, fuzzy dice, hood ornament, and vanity plate. The green category points to types of forum users, featuring troll, poster, lurker, and spammer. The blue category covers things you might see blinking, which includes cursor, eyelids, smoke detector, and turn signal. Finally, the purple category highlights words that can precede alert, consisting of nerd, red, spoiler, and weather.

The game resets daily at midnight local time, giving players a 24-hour window to complete the daily challenge and keep their streak alive.