It’s a new day and that means a new puzzle wall to solve in the New York Times’sConnectionsgame. If you’re looking to save your streak and only want to nail down that last pesky category, don’t worry - we have all the hints you could need.

You’ll find everything you need below, from vague hints as to what you should be looking for to the outright answers. Whether you’re looking for a nudge in the right direction or a sneaky way to preserve your blemish-free record, you’ve come to the right place.

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If you’re here by mistake and instead need the answers forSeptember 1,click here.

Category Hints

Today’s puzzle is on the tricky side.

We’ll present these hints from theeasiest category to the hardest, as prescribed by the puzzle itself - Yellow, Green, Blue, then Purple.

If you want today’s category hints,click below! These will not spoil the actual names of the categories but will nudge you in the right direction.

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Today’syellow categoryis a little bit odd, don’t you think?

Today’sgreen categoryrelates to work, and projects, and the place you’re supposed to be.

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Today’sblue categoryrelates to popular things to buy lots of. Often vintage, often seen as ‘uninteresting’.

Today’spurple categoryhas four words that can often be found after the word for links of metal.

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Herring Watch:The different words for sending things in the mail are not related.

Today’s Answers

We got down to a single life remaining and won on a lucky guess with this one.