NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, September 12 (game #1189)

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 Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, September 11 (game #1188) .

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 #1189) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) Today's NYT Connections words are… TURN SIGNAL WEATHER POSTER BUMPER STICKER VANITY PLATE CURSOR SPOILER TROLL SMOKE DETECTOR FUZZY DICE SPAMMER NERD RED EYELIDS HOOD ORNAMENT LURKER NYT Connections today (game #1189) - hint #1 - group hints What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Vehicle adornments GREEN: Chatroom characters BLUE: Flickering on and off PURPLE: Add a word that means “be aware” 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 #1189) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: WAYS TO PERSONALIZE A CAR GREEN: PEOPLE IN AN ONLINE FORUM BLUE: THINGS THAT BLINK PURPLE: ______ ALERT Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #1189) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Connections, game #1189, are… YELLOW: WAYS TO PERSONALIZE A CAR: BUMPER STICKER, FUZZY DICE, HOOD ORNAMENT, VANITY PLATE GREEN: PEOPLE IN AN ONLINE FORUM: LURKER, POSTER, SPAMMER, TROLL BLUE: THINGS THAT BLINK: CURSOR, EYELIDS, SMOKE DETECTOR, TURN SIGNAL PURPLE: ______ ALERT: NERD, RED, SPOILER, WEATHER My rating: Hard My score: 2 mistakes I missed the chance of completing the groups in difficulty order (yellow-green-blue-purple) by getting ___ ALERT ahead of THINGS THAT BLINK, but this was already a far from perfect game.

My two mistakes were logical, in my mind, as I tried SPOILER for both WAYS TO PERSONALIZE A CAR and PEOPLE IN AN ONLINE FORUM.