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NYT Connections Hints for September 16

Blue takes POT. Purple is another way to say steal. This September 16, 2026 page is an original practice board in the Connections format, with four hints and a grid you can play.

Need the habit, not this date? The connections hint guide explains what each color is allowed to say. The live day is on hints today.

Hints

  1. Yellow hint

    Four vegetables.

  2. Green hint

    Four cooking herbs.

  3. Blue hint

    The same vessel word follows all four.

  4. Purple hint

    Each verb can mean to steal.

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September 16 is a garden row: carrots and herbs. Mint can look like candy, and tea can look like an herb, but tea belongs with pot. Flower, tea, chamber, and melting become flowerpot, teapot, chamber pot, and melting pot. The purple verbs are rob, pinch, swipe, and lift, all ways to say steal. Pinch is the one-away word if you try to file it with the herbs.

  1. Vegetables

    CARROT, ONION, CELERY, RADISH

    Carrot, onion, celery, and radish are vegetables.

  2. Herbs

    BASIL, THYME, DILL, MINT

    Basil, thyme, dill, and mint are herbs.

  3. Words before POT

    FLOWER, TEA, CHAMBER, MELTING

    Flowerpot, teapot, chamber pot, and melting pot.

  4. Synonyms of steal

    ROB, PINCH, SWIPE, LIFT

    Rob, pinch, swipe, and lift can all mean steal.