NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Friday, September 13, 2024 (#460)

Puzzle #460. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

Just tell me the answer

The NYT Connections answer for Friday, September 13, 2024 (puzzle #460) is: YELLOW — VITALITY: ENERGY, JUICE, LIFE, ZIP. GREEN — PALINDROMES FEATURING “E”: LEVEL, PEP, REFER, TENET. BLUE — FEATURED IN “JACK AND THE BEANSTALK”: BEANS, COW, GIANT, JACK. PURPLE — CAR MODELS: BEETLE, CIVIC, FOCUS, VOLT.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Friday, September 13, 2024. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

BEETLE
JUICE
ENERGY
LEVEL
COW
PEP
FOCUS
BEANS
ZIP
JACK
LIFE
TENET
GIANT
VOLT
CIVIC
REFER

How hard is Connections #460?

Easy40/100
  • Lots of very short words, which carry more possible meanings.

Where to start: Every category here is meaning-based, so group by topic first and use the four-per-group constraint to settle any word that could go two ways.

Connections hints for Friday, September 13, 2024

Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.

NYT Connections answers for Friday, September 13, 2024

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Friday, September 13, 2024?

The NYT Connections answer for Friday, September 13, 2024 (puzzle #460) is: YELLOW — VITALITY: ENERGY, JUICE, LIFE, ZIP. GREEN — PALINDROMES FEATURING “E”: LEVEL, PEP, REFER, TENET. BLUE — FEATURED IN “JACK AND THE BEANSTALK”: BEANS, COW, GIANT, JACK. PURPLE — CAR MODELS: BEETLE, CIVIC, FOCUS, VOLT.

What is the purple group in Connections #460?

The purple (hardest) group is "CAR MODELS": BEETLE, CIVIC, FOCUS, VOLT.

What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "VITALITY" — ENERGY, JUICE, LIFE, ZIP. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Friday, September 13, 2024 is NYT Connections puzzle #460. Connections launched on 12 June 2023 with puzzle #1, and a new puzzle is published every day.

What time does a new NYT Connections puzzle come out?

A new Connections puzzle unlocks at midnight in your own local time zone, so the changeover happens at a different moment around the world. The puzzle itself is the same for everyone on a given date.