NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, September 17 (game #1194)

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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, September 16 (game #1193) .

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 #1194) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) Today's NYT Connections words are… SPRING SUBWAY STATION PRESTIGE TRIANGLE TAP GIVE LANGUAGE FOUNTAIN WELL BOUNCE SEWER LINE HANDLES SHEEP DETECTIVES MINE SHAFT FLEXIBILITY WOLVERINE NYT Connections today (game #1194) - hint #1 - group hints What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Stretchy GREEN: Found down below BLUE: Films starring a well jacked man PURPLE: Compound words with added romance 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 #1194) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: ELASTICITY GREEN: THINGS THAT ARE UNDERGROUND BLUE: HUGH JACKMAN MOVIES, WITH "THE" PURPLE: LOVE ____ Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #1194) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Connections, game #1194, are… YELLOW: ELASTICITY: BOUNCE, FLEXIBILITY, GIVE, SPRING GREEN: THINGS THAT ARE UNDERGROUND: MINE SHAFT, SEWER LINE, SUBWAY STATION, WELL BLUE: HUGH JACKMAN MOVIES, WITH "THE": FOUNTAIN, PRESTIGE, SHEEP DETECTIVES, WOLVERINE PURPLE: LOVE ____: HANDLES, LANGUAGE, TAP, TRIANGLE My rating: Hard My score: 2 mistakes My first mistake could have been a group of ways to access water — SPRING, TAP, WELL and FOUNTAIN — but drew a complete blank.

Thinking of a different meaning for SPRING helped me find the other words describing ELASTICITY, but I flopped again, adding TAP instead of WELL to the group that became THINGS THAT ARE UNDERGROUND.