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NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for September 29, 2025
Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.
If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for today's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.
What is Connections?
The NYT's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.
The NYT Connections puzzle today shouldn't be hard to solve if you're a music lover.
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Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer.
If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.
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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.
Here's a hint for today's Connections categories
Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:
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Yellow: Worn under the clothes
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Green: A hoax
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Blue: What a plumber might touch
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Purple: Old-school jams
Here are today's Connections categories
Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:
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Yellow: Kinds of underwear
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Green: Play a joke on
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Blue: Parts of a toilet tank
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Purple: First words in '70s rock song titles
Looking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle.
Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.
Drumroll, please!
The solution to today's Connections #841 is…
What is the answer to Connections today
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Kinds of underwear: BOXER, BRIEF, HIPSTER, THONG
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Play a joke on: FOOL, PRANK, PUNK, TRICK
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Parts of a toilet tank: CHAIN, FLAPPER, FLOAT, HANDLE
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First words in '70s rock song titles: BABA, BOHEMIAN, HOTEL, STAIRWAY
Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.
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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Connections.
Apple iPad Air (M4 chip, 128GB, WiFi)
(save $40)
Samsung Galaxy S11
(save $120)
Amazon Fire 7 Kids with six months Amazon Kids+
(save $40)
Amazon's Big Spring Sale has arrived. The seasonal sale, which runs March 25 through 31, focuses on seasonal transition items — think cleaning supplies to freshen up your home and camping supplies to get outdoors. However, it wouldn't be a sale without tech deals, too.
We've spotted solid savings on tablets, good timing considering Apple just released a brand new one. The Apple iPad Air with M4 chip just dropped this month, and it's already on sale. But if iPads aren't your thing, don't worry, there are plenty of other tablet deals to shop.
Here are all the best tablet deals to shop during Amazon's Big Spring Sale.
Best iPad deal
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Read our full review of the Apple iPad Air (M4).
Apple's latest iPad drop is the iPad Air with M4 chip. It's one of the brand's speediest, most efficient tablets, scoring 13,176 on the Geekbench 6 test, which puts it ahead of most laptops. When Apple released the new iPad Air, they didn't raise the price, keeping the midrange tablet at $599. However, it already received a price cut at Amazon.
During the Big Spring Sale, get the Apple iPad Air with M4 chip for just $559. While that's only $40 in savings and less than 10% off its list price, it's still a great deal considering it's a brand-new tablet.
So while we might like this deal best, if you want some bigger savings, there are plenty more deals to shop.
More iPad deals
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Apple iPad, 11-inch (A16 chip, 128GB, WiFi) — $299 $349 (save $150)
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Apple iPad Air, 11-inch (M4 chip, 256GB, WiFi) — $649.99 $699 (save $49.01)
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Apple iPad Air, 11-inch (M3 chip, 1TB, WiFi) — $979 $1,099 (save $120)
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Apple iPad Pro, 13-inch (M5 chip, 256GB, WiFi) — $1,199 $1,299 (save $100)
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Apple iPad Pro, 13-inch (M4 chip, 512GB, WiFi) — $1,299.99 $1,499 (save $199.01)
Best Android tablet deal
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The best Android tablet to compete with Apple's iPad is the Samsung Galaxy S11. It's more expensive than Apple's iPads, but it has everything we want in a tablet. Speedy processing for gaming and streaming, gorgeous displays and crystal clear resolution, adjustable app windows, and an included stylus for note-taking or drawing. We've previously tested the Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra, which is a step up from the S11.
During Amazon's Big Spring Sale, get the Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 for just $739.99. That saves you $120 off its $859.99 list price for 14% savings.
Samsung tablet deals
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Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+ (WiFi) — $209.99 $249.99 (save $40)
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Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+ (5G) — $239.99 $279.99 (save $40)
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Lite — $299.99 $349.99 (save $50)
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Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 5 — $409.98 $499.99 (save $90.01)
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE with 256GB SD Card — $405 $499.99 (save $94.99)
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+ (5G) — $999.99 $1,149.99 (save $150)
TCL tablet deals
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TCL Tab 10 Gen 4 — $139.99 $199.99 (save $60)
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TCL NXTPAPER 11 Plus — $229.99 $369.99 (save $140)
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TCL NXTPAPER 14 — $329.99 $469.99 (save $130)
Lenovo tablet deals
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Lenovo Idea Tab — $179.99 $249.99 (save $70)
Kids tablet deals
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Amazon Fire 7 Kids with six months Amazon Kids+ — $59.99 $99.99 (save $40)
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Amazon Fire HD 10 Toy Story Anniversary Edition — $175.99 $219.99 (save $44)
Hackers have found their way into a large number of internet e-commerce sites.
This latest cybersecurity threat targets web stores running on the Magento or Adobe Commerce platforms, according to BleepingComputer, which cited the security firm Sansec as first publicizing the exploit. That was just over a week ago, and since Sansec exposed the vulnerability, known as PolyShell, the firm claimed that 56 percent of vulnerable stores have been experienced attacks.
You can check out Sansec's analysis for the full technical details of what's going on, but in the simplest terms possible, it seems hackers have managed to insert a credit card skimmer into the API for Magento, an open-source e-commerce platform acquired by Adobe several years ago. Sansec says it spotted the attack being used on an unnamed "major car manufacturer."
We have contacted Adobe for comment and will update this story if they respond.
Adobe has released a fix for this in the beta branch of its software, but that doesn't help the presumably vast majority of sites running the non-beta version of the software. Until the fix goes public, this will be an issue for any site running Magento or Adobe Commerce.
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Walmart is running its own Spring Sale — save on Apple, Dyson, Shark, Ninja, and more top brands
Apple AirTags (1st Gen, 4-pack)
(save $39.01)
JLab JBuds Lux ANC Headphones
(save $38)
Dyson V12 Detect Slim
(save $250)
Lenovo Legion 5i (Intel Core i9-14900HX, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD)
(save $400.99)
Dreo 42-inch Tower Fan
(Save $63.99)
Beautiful 1-Liter Electric Gooseneck Kettle
(Save $13)
Now that Amazon's Big Spring Sale has kicked off, we're watching all the savings roll in. And deals are going far beyond Amazon — other retailers are joining in too. Target and Best Buy got in on the savings early, and now Walmart is catching up.
Amazon's Big Spring Sale is surprisingly good: We found 111+ deals on Apple, DJI, Sony, and Dyson
Walmart's deals are admittedly the least impressive of all the retailers running spring sales. But we've found some gems, including discounts on a Dyson stick vacuum and a Lenovo gaming laptop that you won't see on Amazon. Beyond those, Walmart is also price-matching some of Amazon's Big Spring Sale offers, which is good to keep in mind in case they wind up selling out there.
Read on to see our list of all the best deals worth shopping during Walmart's Spring Sale.
Best Apple deal
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Apple launched the new AirTag 2 in January, which, of course, means the original AirTags are priced to move. Walmart and Amazon are both selling four-packs of them for the record-low price of $59.99 (normally $99), which works out to just $15 per tracker. That's a steal.
More Apple deals
AirPods
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Apple AirPods 4 — $99.99 $129.99 (save $30)
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Apple AirPods 4 with ANC — $149 $179 (save $30)
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Apple AirPods Pro 3 — $199 $249 (save $50)
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Apple AirPods Max (1st Gen, USB-C) — $449.99 $549 (save $99.01)
iPads
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Apple iPad (A16, 128GB, WiFi) — $299 $349 (save $50)
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Apple iPad Air, 11-inch (M4, 128GB, WiFi) — $559 $599 (save $40)
Best headphones deal
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Our favorite budget headphones are the JLab Jbuds Lux ANC headphones, which bring excellent active noise cancellation and 70 hours of battery life. While they won't deliver the best sound you've ever heard, it is going to be clear, well-balanced sound. They're an unbeatable value even when they're not on sale, but right now, you can score a pair for just $41.99 (a $38 savings). Amazon is matching that deal.
More headphone deals
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JBL Tune 760NC — $129.95 $144.95 (save $15)
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Sonos Ace — $299 $399 (save $100)
Earbud deals
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JLab Go Pop — $18.99 $24.99 (save $6)
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Samsung Galaxy Buds3 — $118.50 $162 (save $43.50)
Best vacuum deal
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Why we like it
Our resident cleaning expert thinks the V12 Detect Slim is the best Dyson vacuum for most people, especially folks who live in small spaces. (It has a runtime of about one hour per charge.) There's a green laser on the front of it that spotlights easily missable crumbs and hairs, and it's light enough to wield with one hand. Walmart has it marked down to $479.99, normally $729.99, which matches a deal on Dyson's website. It's not available on Amazon, on sale or not.
More vacuum deals
Robot vacuums
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Ecovacs Deebot N30 Omni — $299 $669.99 (save $370.99)
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Ecovacs Deebot T30S Pro — $439.99 $759.98 (save $319.99)
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Ecovacs Deebot X8 Pro Omni — $599 $1,099.99 (save $500.99)
Stick vacuums
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Shark Stratos Cordless Vacuum — $278 $499.99 (save $221.99)
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Dyson V15 Detect Absolute (Refurbished) — $329.99 $579.99 (save $250)
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Dyson V15 Detect Total Clean (Refurbished) — $349.99 $599.99 (save $250)
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Dyson V15 Detect Absolute — $649.99 $849.99 (save $200)
Best laptop deal
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at Walmart
$1,849.99
Save $400.99
Why we like it
This 15-inch gaming laptop features a sharp and vibrant OLED display with a silky-smooth 165Hz refresh rate. Walmart is selling it for 22% off, which brings it down to $1,449 (normally $1,849.99). Amazon also has a Lenovo Legion 5i with RTX 5070 graphics, 16GB of RAM, and a terabyte of storage on sale right now, but it has a worse processor — and it's $20 pricier.
More laptop deals
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HP OmniBook 7 16 (Intel Core Ultra 5 226V, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $599.99 $1,199.99 (save $600)
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Asus ROG Strix G16 (AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,399 $1,749.99 (save $350.99)
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Lenovo Legion 5i (Intel Core i9-14900HX, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,449 $1,849.99 (save $400.99)
Best home and outdoor deal
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With spring in full swing, warmer temperatures are underway. If things are getting too hot, it might be time to reconsider your cooling setup. A fan is more than a quick fix, but an essential way of keeping cool. Dreo makes our favorite tower fan, which is powerful but safe with its bladeless design. During Walmart's Spring Sale, you can get it for just $79.99. That saves you 44% on its $143.98 list price.
More home and outdoor deals
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Best Choice Products Outdoor Umbrella — $39.99 $93.99 (save $54)
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Dreo Large Room Air Purifier — $65.99 $119.99 (save $54)
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Coleman 316 Series 150-quart Cooler — $89 $99 (save $10)
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Shark Pet Cordless Stick Vacuum — $158 $259.99 (save $101.99)
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Better Homes & Gardens Mira Swivel Accent Chair — $218 $248 (save $30)
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Blackstone Original 4-Burner 36-inch Outdoor Griddle — $297 $344 (save $47)
Best kitchen deal
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Drew Barrymore's Beautiful collection at Walmart earns its name with affordable yet stunning appliances and furniture. During Walmart's Spring Sale, grab the Beautiful 1-Liter Electric Gooseneck Kettle for just $24.96, saving you $13 off its list price. This kettle catches your eye right away with its vibrant tomato red color. It looks far more expensive than it really is.
More kitchen deals
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Simple Modern 40oz Tumbler — $24.97 $33.97 (save $9)
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Ninja Foodi PossibleCooker Multi-Cooker (8.5 quarts) — $98 $162.48 (save $64.48)
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Ninja Foodi Digital Air Fry Oven — $139 $169 (save $30)
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