NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, September 19 (game #1196)

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 18 (game #1195) .

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 #1196) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) Today's NYT Connections words are… STICK FIGURE MINISKIRT LOG CABIN SUN TAN LINE BRANCH OUT HOUSE TWIGGY TREE MOD SIN CITY GROW COS LETTUCE EXPAND CARNABY STREET DIVERSIFY NYT Connections today (game #1196) - hint #1 - group hints What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Broaden one’s horizons GREEN: Classic early art BLUE: Cool Britannia (part 1) PURPLE: Beginning formulas 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 #1196) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: WIDEN ONE'S SCOPE GREEN: FEATURES OF A KID'S DRAWING BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH SWINGING LONDON IN THE 1960S PURPLE: STARTING WITH ABBREVIATED MATH FUNCTIONS Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #1196) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Connections, game #1196, are… YELLOW: WIDEN ONE'S SCOPE: BRANCH OUT, DIVERSIFY, EXPAND, GROW GREEN: FEATURES OF A KID'S DRAWING: HOUSE, STICK FIGURE, SUN, TREE BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH SWINGING LONDON IN THE 1960S: CARNABY STREET, MINISKIRT, MOD, TWIGGY PURPLE: STARTING WITH ABBREVIATED MATH FUNCTIONS: COS LETTUCE, LOG CABIN, SIN CITY, TAN LINE My rating: Hard My score: 1 mistake I fell straight down today’s trapdoor linking STICK FIGURE, BRANCH OUT, LOG CABIN and TWIGGY.

Had I looked at the board a bit more carefully I would have spotted that TWIGGY had to be connected to the famously skinny model and the other tiles ASSOCIATED WITH SWINGING LONDON IN THE 1960S.

Alas, fools rush in.