NYT Connections — September 4, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's board moves from round objects, to foods whose names combine two other foods, to types of long, snake-like fish, and finally to words hiding an accessory inside their first and last letters.
Hint 2 of 5
Yellow (easiest): each of these is something round and ball-shaped.
Hint 3 of 5
Green: each of these food's name is actually made up of two separate food words put together.
Hint 4 of 5
Blue: each of these is a specific kind of long, slippery fish.
Hint 5 of 5
Purple (hardest): take the first and last letters of each word and you'll spell out a small accessory.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
Spherical Things
BOWLING BALL · EYE · MOON · ORANGE
Food Whose Name Is Two Foods
CAKE DONUT · CANDY CORN · CHERRY TOMATO · PIZZA PIE
Kinds Of Eels
CONGER · GULPER · MORAY · RIBBON
Accessories Inside Starting And Ending Letters
CRINGY · OPINE · STIED · THAT'S
This puzzle by the numbers
- Accessories Inside Starting And Ending Letters
- CHERRY TOMATO
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