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NYT Connections — September 10, 2026

Hints — one at a time

Hint 1 of 5

Today's board moves from entries on the periodic table, to things you might spot poking out of an apartment window, to classic songs by a famous rock musician, and finally to words ending in synonyms for "currently happening."

Hint 2 of 5

Yellow (easiest): each of these is the name of a chemical element.

Hint 3 of 5

Green: each of these is something you might notice hanging or mounted outside a window.

Hint 4 of 5

Blue: each of these is a beloved song by a legendary New Jersey rocker.

Hint 5 of 5

Purple (hardest): the end of each of these words or phrases is a synonym for something occurring right now.

The answer — spoilers!

Reveal the full answer

yellow
Chemical Elements
ACTINIUM · KRYPTON · LEAD · SULFUR
green
What You Might See Sticking Out Of A Window
AIR CONDITIONER · CATIO · CLOTHESLINE · FLOWER BOX
blue
Bruce Springsteen Classics
ATLANTIC CITY · BADLANDS · BORN TO RUN · THUNDER ROAD
purple
Ending In Synonyms For "Happening Now"
ADULT CONTEMPORARY · ALTERNATING CURRENT · REPRESENT · SEXTANT

This puzzle by the numbers

Hardest group (purple): Ending In Synonyms For "Happening Now"
Longest word on the board: ALTERNATING CURRENT

Counted from our own archive of NYT Connections answers — not published anywhere else.

A solved Connections-style board: sixteen word tiles sorted into four coloured rows of four — fruits, gemstones, instruments and planets — A solved Connections grid: four groups of four, one colour each. Example board, not today’s puzzle.