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Hey there, Connectors! Welcome to the weekend! I hope you’ve got some fun plans in store.
I love websites and I’m a big fan of the Tiny Awards. These celebrate small, hand-crafted websites. My favorite of this year’s nominees might be Paul Julian Brown's ipod. It’s a time capsule that recreates the iPod of Paul Brown’s father, who died in 2018.
It’s a lovely tribute that features the music Brown’s dad had on his iPod, as well as some photos. I thought it was very sweet.
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Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, September 19 are coming right up.
What Are Today’s Connections Hints?
Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.
Today’s 16 words are...
STICK FIGURE
MINISKIRT
LOG CABIN
SUN
TAN LINE
BRANCH OUT
HOUSE
TWIGGY
TREE
MOD
SIN CITY
GROW
COS LETTUCE
EXPAND
CARNABY STREET
DIVERIFY
The level one hints for today’s Connections groups are:
🟨 Yellow group — get out of the bubble
🟩 Green group — you might see these stuck to a fridge in a young family's home
🟦 Blue group — Austin Powers would have been very familiar with these
🟪 Purple group — features of a certain scientific device
One Word For Each Connections Group
Be warned: we’re really starting to get into spoiler territory.
Let’s take a look at one word for each group.
Today’s Connections word hints are…
🟨 Yellow group — GROW
🟩 Green group — SUN
🟦 Blue group — MOD
🟪 Purple group — LOG CABIN
What Are Today’s Connections Groups?
Need some extra help?
Today’s Connections groups are...
🟨 Yellow group — widen one's scope
🟩 Green group — features of a kid's drawing
🟦 Blue group — associated with Swinging London in the 1960s
🟪 Purple group — starting with abbreviated math functions
What Are Today’s Connections Answers?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.
This is your final warning!
Today’s Connections answers are...
🟨 Yellow group — widen one's scope (BRANCH OUT, DIVERSIFY, EXPAND, GROW)
🟩 Green group — features of a kid's drawing (HOUSE, STICK FIGURE, SUN, TREE)
🟦 Blue group — associated with Swinging London in the 1960s (CARNABY STREET, MINISKIRT, MOD, TWIGGY)
🟪 Purple group — starting with abbreviated math functions (COS LETTUCE, LOG CABIN, SIN CITY, TAN LINE)
I thought about starting with things that begin with parts of a tree. But as I looked around the grid, I realized that TWIGGY maybe made more sense with the London/'60s icons, which got me the blues. I wasn't sure about CARNABY STREET there, but it was the only thing that made sense with the other three.
BRANCH OUT led me into the yellows. I don't think I'd heard of a COS LETTUCE before, but I know cosine is a mathematical function, so I was able to get the purples after I glanced at LOG CABIN.
The greens also might be features of a drawing from someone who is bad at drawing. I am bad at drawing.
That's win 566 in a row for me. How did you get on this time? Here's my grid:
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That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to subscribe to my newsletter for hints and the solution for Sunday’s game if you need them.
P.S. I do love learning about pretty much anything and everything, but that comes with a downside if you’re an overthinker. My mind is racing almost all of the time. I’ll have a bit more to say about that soon, I think, along with the start of what I hope will be regular (probably quarterly) status updates on me and my life. That could be be an interesting little sidequest to share with you.
For now, I will say that I relate quite strongly to the lyrics of “More Dumb” by Durry. I can’t say I love the title, since “dumb” is an ableist term. But I can point to the words of the song and say “yup, that sounds like me.” I hope you enjoy it:
Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!
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