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NYT Connections Hints for September 23

Blue takes LIGHT. Purple is parts of a shoe. This September 23, 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 ways to travel.

  2. Green hint

    Four rooms in a house.

  3. Blue hint

    The same bright word follows all four.

  4. Purple hint

    Each word is a piece of a shoe.

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September 23 mixes travel and rooms, then a light set that is not a lamp shop. Spot, moon, flash, and traffic become spotlight, moonlight, flashlight, and traffic light. Sole, tongue, lace, and heel are parts of a shoe. Tongue and sole sound like a body and a fish, which is the purple misdirect. Ferry stays with train, plane, and bus.

  1. Transport

    TRAIN, PLANE, FERRY, BUS

    Train, plane, ferry, and bus are modes of transport.

  2. Rooms

    KITCHEN, ATTIC, DEN, FOYER

    Kitchen, attic, den, and foyer are rooms.

  3. Words before LIGHT

    SPOT, MOON, FLASH, TRAFFIC

    Spotlight, moonlight, flashlight, and traffic light.

  4. Parts of a shoe

    SOLE, TONGUE, LACE, HEEL

    Sole, tongue, lace, and heel are parts of a shoe.