Connections Hints

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — September 29, 2026

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Word grid

All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.

DELTA
DRAINAGE BASIN
FINDING
FREEZE TAG
HIDDEN
HOME GAME
INSIDE
MODEL TANK
MONSTERS
MOUTH
ORAL PHASE
REMOTE
SECRET
STREAM BED
TOY
TUCKED AWAY
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Themes

The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.

SECLUDEDStraightforward
RIVER FEATURESModerate
FIRST WORDS OF PIXAR FILMSTricky
PHRASES HIDING GREEK LETTERSDevious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

SECLUDEDStraightforward
WORDS MEANING OUT OF THE WAY OR HARD TO FIND+ 3 more…
RIVER FEATURESModerate
PARTS OF A RIVER SYSTEM YOU'D STUDY IN GEOGRAPHY CLASS+ 3 more…
FIRST WORDS OF PIXAR FILMSTricky
OPENING WORDS OF PIXAR MOVIE TITLES+ 3 more…
PHRASES HIDING GREEK LETTERSDevious
EACH PHRASE SECRETLY CONTAINS A GREEK LETTER EMBEDDED WITHIN IT+ 3 more…
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Full solution
SECLUDEDStraightforward
HIDDEN,REMOTE,SECRET,TUCKED AWAY

HIDDEN, REMOTE, SECRET, and TUCKED AWAY all describe places or things that are secluded or difficult to access

RIVER FEATURESModerate
DELTA,DRAINAGE BASIN,MOUTH,STREAM BED

DELTA, DRAINAGE BASIN, MOUTH, and STREAM BED are all geographic features associated with rivers

FIRST WORDS OF PIXAR FILMSTricky
FINDING,INSIDE,MONSTERS,TOY

FINDING (Nemo/Dory), INSIDE (Out), MONSTERS (Inc./University), and TOY (Story) are all first words of Pixar film titles

PHRASES HIDING GREEK LETTERSDevious
FREEZE TAG,HOME GAME,MODEL TANK,ORAL PHASE

FREEZE TAG contains ZETA, HOME GAME contains ETA (homEgAme... wait: hoME GAme → MEGA → no: frEEZE TАg=ZETA, HOME GAME=OMEGA, MODEL TANK=DELTA, ORAL PHASE=ALPHA)

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