NYT Connections — September 3, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's board moves from ways to describe something happening almost instantly, to reddish color names, to brands of miniature toy vehicles, and finally to functions you'd type into a spreadsheet cell.
Hint 2 of 5
Yellow (easiest): each of these phrases means something happens in a very short amount of time.
Hint 3 of 5
Green: each of these is a specific, sometimes fancy-sounding shade of red.
Hint 4 of 5
Blue: each of these is a well-known brand that makes small die-cast or toy cars.
Hint 5 of 5
Purple (hardest): each of these is a common function used to calculate numbers in a spreadsheet program.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
Two Shakes Of A Lamb's Tail
BLINK · FLASH · HEARTBEAT · TRICE
Shades Of Red
CARMINE · CINNABAR · MAROON · VERMILLION
Toy Car Brands
HOT WHEELS · MATCHBOX · MICRO MACHINES · TONKA
Spreadsheet Functions
AVERAGE · COUNT · MAX · SUM
This puzzle by the numbers
- Spreadsheet Functions
- MICRO MACHINES
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