NYT Connections hint (Tue, 1 Sep)

Connection's got your mind in a muddle again? Same here. If you were hoping for an easy puzzle today, you probably jinxed it!

Luckily, we've got your back with these subtle hints and full answers. Your streak is safe with us.

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Connections hint for Tuesday 1st September

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: What you say when you really mean it.
• 🟩 Green hint: The ruler says "longer than average."
• 🟦 Blue hint: They don't all wear badges, but they all want to find the truth.
• 🟪 Purple hint: The intention comes first.
• Extra hint 1: One group hides its words at the start of others.
• Extra hint 2: Every group except purple has at least one word containing the letter 'C'

If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:

• 🟨 Yellow: For Real
• 🟩 Green: Golf Club
• 🟦 Blue: Hercule Poirot
• 🟪 Purple: Aimee Mann

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections groups are revealed just below!

Today's Connections groups revealed

If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today's Connections puzzle, below we'll reveal the four correct Connections groups - the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.

Here are the Connections groups for today:

• 🟨 Yellow: "I Promise!"
• 🟩 Green: Long
• 🟦 Blue: Private Investigators of Fiction
• 🟪 Purple: Starting with Words of Intention

Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today's puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections answer lies ahead!

Connections answer today

Here is the answer to today's Connections puzzle on Tuesday, 1st September:

• 🟨 Yellow: "I Promise!" (Cross My Heart, For Real, On God, Pinky Swear)
• 🟩 Green: Long (Arrow, Golf Club, Pick-Up Stick, Spaghetto)
• 🟦 Blue: Private Investigators of Fiction (Hercule Poirot, Mike Hammer, Sam Spade, Sherlock Holmes)
• 🟪 Purple: Starting with Words of Intention (Aimee Mann, Hope Diamond, Planetarium, Wishy-Washy)

It's a good day to be a reader. Trying to separate Aimee Mann and Hope Diamond from the group of fictional investigators would be a real chore otherwise. Well played, putting two decoy names in the mix!

Let us know in the comments below how you found today's puzzle! Here's my grid:

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Congratulations if you got today's Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn't succeed today, don't worry - a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!