NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, September 14 (game #1191)

Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'.

If you're looking for Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, September 13 (game #1190) .

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories.

It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course.

I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #1191) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) Today's NYT Connections words are… STRAW CRAB COOT LEMON BLUE CANARY TEAL RAT LOON BAG WHEAT CUTLERY SNITCH GOOSE STIRRER STOOLIE NYT Connections today (game #1191) - hint #1 - group hints What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Aquatic fowl GREEN: Tell-tale BLUE: Disposable things PURPLE: Add a green word Need more clues? We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles… NYT Connections today (game #1191) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: WATERBIRDS GREEN: INFORMANT BLUE: COMMON SINGLE-USE PLASTIC ITEMS PURPLE: ____GRASS Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #1191) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Connections, game #1191, are… YELLOW: WATERBIRDS: COOT, GOOSE, LOON, TEAL GREEN: INFORMANT: CANARY, RAT, SNITCH, STOOLIE BLUE: COMMON SINGLE-USE PLASTIC ITEMS: BAG, CUTLERY, STIRRER, STRAW PURPLE: ____GRASS: BLUE, CRAB, LEMON, WHEAT My rating: Hard My score: 3 mistakes This was a really difficult game for me, although thankfully the frustration didn’t extend beyond the first group.

Seeing COOT and GOOSE I automatically knew we were looking for bird-themed tiles, but I didn’t see that we were looking for WATERBIRDS and kept on trying to include CANARY.

I got there eventually though, after remembering that TEAL was a type of duck.

From here, I completed the other groups in difficulty order — although after looking at the four groups afterwards, purple seemed the easiest of the lot.