NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, September 28 (game #840)

Date:
Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each
day for your time zone which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, September 27 (game #839) .

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Connections today (game #840) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are TRIDENT BUFFALO WORM LIGHTNING BOLT TROJAN HORSE EXTRA HORSESHOE AEGIS FLEUR-DE-LIS BACKDOOR SHIELD ORBIT GUARD ICE BREAKERS VIRUS PROTECTION NYT Connections today (game #840) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Give security GREEN: A bug in the system BLUE: Something to chew on PURPLE: Football badges

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles NYT
Connections today (game #840) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: BACKING GREEN: MALICIOUS SOFTWARE BLUE: GUM BRANDS PURPLE: N.F.L. TEAM LOGOS

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #840) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #840, are YELLOW: BACKING AEGIS, GUARD, PROTECTION, SHIELD GREEN: MALICIOUS SOFTWARE BACKDOOR, TROJAN HORSE, VIRUS, WORM BLUE: GUM BRANDS EXTRA, ICE BREAKERS, ORBIT, TRIDENT PURPLE: N.F.L. TEAM LOGOS BUFFALO, FLEUR-DE-LIS, HORSESHOE, LIGHTNING BOLT My rating: Hard My score: Fail

After teasing us with some easy games, this one was an absolute streak
killer.

My first mistake was connecting all the words that I thought had some connection to mythology TRIDENT, TROJAN HORSE, LIGHTNING BOLT and AEGIS.

Next, I tried a group all of which I believed were about stopping something and foolishly had PROTECTION, SHIELD, GUARD and HORSESHOE (I was thinking about all the upturned horse shoes you sometimes see in bars or peoples houses, all intended to provide luck and, as a byproduct, prevention from harm).

After getting one away, I remembered that AEGIS had something to do with shields and after getting it right was shocked to discover that this was just the yellow group.

With 12 tiles left I was in the dark and made up a random foursome before a shuffle helped me see MALICIOUS SOFTWARE. It was all too little too late and
I floundered trying to pick out another group.

After seeing todays answers Im sure I wasnt the only non-American player to suffer from a lack of knowledge of gum brands and NFL logos. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, September 27, game #839) YELLOW: LOVING KIND, SWEET, TENDER, WARM GREEN: APPENDAGES ARM, FIN, FLIPPER, WING BLUE: POPCORN-MAKING METHODS KETTLE, MICROWAVE, POPPER, STOVETOP PURPLE: SQUANDER, WITH "AWAY" FIDDLE, FRITTER, THROW, TRIFLE What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green
is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as
you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there
are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.



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