NYT Connections — September 22, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's board moves from grammar words that point to things, to ways of adding a decorative flourish, to answer choices on a survey, and finally to drinks missing their diacritical marks.
Hint 2 of 5
Yellow (easiest): each of these is a pronoun or adjective used to point out a specific thing.
Hint 3 of 5
Green: each of these means a small added decorative or distinguishing detail.
Hint 4 of 5
Blue: each of these is a response option you might pick on an opinion survey.
Hint 5 of 5
Purple (hardest): each of these becomes a drink once you add back its accent mark — café, patrón, rosé, and thé.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
Demonstratives
THAT · THESE · THIS · THOSE
Embellishment
ACCENT · DETAIL · FLOURISH · TOUCH
Options On A Multiple Choice Survey
AGREE · DISAGREE · NEUTRAL · OTHER
Beverages With Acute Accents Removed
CAFE · PATRON · ROSE · THE
This puzzle by the numbers
- Beverages With Acute Accents Removed
- FLOURISH
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