NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, September 13 (game #1190)

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 Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, September 12 (game #1189) .

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 #1190) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) Today's NYT Connections words are… PORRIDGE GARFIELD DROOPY EMPTY HEATHCLIFF EXCESS GRANT SLACK ODIE PARAMOUNT SAGGING MADISON FLACCID KEWPIE CLEVELAND DOUBLESPEAK NYT Connections today (game #1190) - hint #1 - group hints What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Squishy GREEN: American leaders BLUE: Double characters PURPLE: Geographical endings 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 #1190) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: LACKING IN FIRMNESS GREEN: U.S.

PRESIDENTS BLUE: WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE TWO LETTERS PURPLE: ENDING IN ELEVATED LANDFORMS Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #1190) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Connections, game #1190, are… YELLOW: LACKING IN FIRMNESS: DROOPY, FLACCID, SAGGING, SLACK GREEN: U.S.

PRESIDENTS: CLEVELAND, GARFIELD, GRANT, MADISON BLUE: WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE TWO LETTERS: EMPTY, EXCESS, KEWPIE, ODIE PURPLE: ENDING IN ELEVATED LANDFORMS: DOUBLESPEAK, HEATHCLIFF, PARAMOUNT, PORRIDGE My rating: Hard My score: 1 mistake Not being as knowledgeable about US presidents as I should be, it took me until I had just eight tiles left to connect CLEVELAND, GARFIELD, GRANT, and MADISON.

Earlier, I had assumed the GARFIELD in question was the cartoon cat and we were looking for a quartet of comic strip felines — HEATHCLIFF is another and I took a punt on DROOPY and CLEVELAND.