NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, September 21 (game #1198)

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 20 (game #1197) .

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 #1198) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) Today's NYT Connections words are… COMPOSE CHECK FLY BEET BRAH WORM SPAM MATE CASTLE CHUM VIVA SENT CHOP CAPTURE DRAFTS SPINNER NYT Connections today (game #1198) - hint #1 - group hints What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Messaging tabs GREEN: Used in angling BLUE: Words relevant to board game PURPLE: Classical open 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 #1198) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: EMAIL BUTTONS GREEN: WAYS TO ATTRACT FISH BLUE: CHESS VERBS PURPLE: STARTS OF COMPOSERS' NAMES Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #1198) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Connections, game #1198, are… YELLOW: EMAIL BUTTONS: COMPOSE, DRAFTS, SENT, SPAM GREEN: WAYS TO ATTRACT FISH: CHUM, FLY, SPINNER, WORM BLUE: CHESS VERBS: CAPTURE, CASTLE, CHECK, MATE PURPLE: STARTS OF COMPOSERS' NAMES: BEET, BRAH, CHOP, VIVA My rating: Hard My score: Perfect I came close to creating a group containing BRAH, MATE, and CHUM but stopped myself after failing to find a fourth tile of friendship slang.

CHUM, I then decided, must have something to do with fishing — a thought triggered by salty sea dog QUINT in the classic Spielberg movie Jaws and his bucket of CHUM.

EMAIL BUTTONS, meanwhile, contained four words that you see nearly every day of your working life but blank out for that very reason; somehow I was able to force myself to link COMPOSE, DRAFTS, SENT, and SPAM.