Connections is here again to challenge fans of word puzzle games. Winning this difficult game means sorting all sixteen words into mystery categories, and your only clues are the words themselves. But today's puzzle is harder than even the rules of Connections make it sound.

If you are looking for a helping hand with this puzzle, you can find help in the article below. It contains everything you need to solve this one, including general puzzle hints, clues for the categories, and much more.

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Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #459 for September 12, 2024

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The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Sake, Save, Pepsi, Mochi, Curry, Feta, Bird, Biota, Like, Magic, Advantage, Kobe, Favorite, Interest, Bookmark, and Benefit.

What is the Definition of Biota?

According to the Oxford dictionary, biota is "the animal and plant life of a particular region, habitat, or geological period."

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

For some hints for this mobile game similar to Wordle, you can look at the sections below. Open them up to find everything from general hints to category spoilers.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints

Yellow Connections Category Answer

Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

Green NYT Connections Category Hints

Green Connections Category Answer

Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

Blue NYT Connections Category Hints

Blue Connections Category Answer

Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

Purple NYT Connections Category Hints

Purple Connections Category Answer

Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

Answers for Today's NYT Connections #459 for September 12, 2024

The full answer to this challenging puzzle game is in the section below. Open it up to see all four categories and what goes in each one of them.

Want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Connections website available on almost any device with a browser.

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Connections
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Released
June 12, 2023
ESRB
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Developer(s)
The New York Times Company
Publisher(s)
The New York Times Company
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WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
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Platform(s)
Web Browser, Mobile