NYT 'Connections' September 28: Clues and Answers for Game #475

Another day, another Connections puzzle—and today’s brainteaser promises to be a challenging one.

Since its debut in The New York Times in June 2023, Connections has rapidly gained popularity as an online sensation. The game challenges players with a combination of techniques such as homophones and wordplay, making the puzzles consistently engaging and rarely straightforward. It has now become the newspaper’s second-most-played game, following the puzzle Wordle.

In this guide, we will explain how to play Connections, offer helpful tips, and provide clues to assist in solving Saturday’s puzzle. Answers for today’s puzzle can be found toward the end of the article, so proceed with caution if you want to solve it yourself.

How to Play ‘Connections’

Connections tasks players with grouping 16 words into four categories based on association. For example, Friday’s game linked the words “Bank,” “Dune,” “Hill” and “Mound” under the category “Area of high ground.”

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Each of the four categories is labeled with a color, which also signifies their difficulty level. Yellow is the easiest category, followed by green, blue and purple. The puzzles are rarely straightforward, using homophones and wordplay, among other techniques, to keep players challenged.

Players can sometimes find themselves tricked by the fact that words can fit into two categories. Even if it may be designed to confuse the player, each group can have only four unique words.

If stuck, players can hit the shuffle button, which will mix up where the words appear on the screen.