a special thank you to each of our subscribers who make this channel possible here's today's story connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the Public's attention the game is all about finding the common threads between words and just like Wordle connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle if you just want to be told today's puzzle you can jump to the end of this article for September 13th connection solution but if you'd rather solve it yourself keep reading for some Clues tips and strategies to assist you what is connections the nyt's latest Daily Word game has become a social media hit the times credits associate puzzle editor wolo with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the Publications game section connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories these sets could comprise of anything from book titles software country names Etc even though multiple words will seem like they fit together there's only one correct answer if a player gets all four words in a set correct those words are removed from the board guess wrong and it counts as a mistake players get up to form mistakes until the game ends players can also rearrange and Shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier add additionally each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest followed by green blue and purple like wle you can share the results with your friends on social media here's a hint for today's connections categories yellow that special water MJ gave the Looney Tunes green palindromes blue items in the famous beant stock story purple types of cars need a little extra help today's connections fall into the following categories yellow vitality green palindromes featuring e blue featured in Jack and the beant stock purple car models ready for the answers this is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions drum roll please energy juice life zip palindromes featuring e level pep refer tinted featured in Jack and the bean stock beans cow giant Jack car models be Civic Focus Vault don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess at this time there will be new connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints are you also playing nyt strands if you're looking for more puzzles Mashable Scott games now looking for Thursday's strands hints Spang gram and answers you can find them here Friday is here at last but don't get too excited it may be the weekend soon but we still have to survive Friday the 13th strands is the newest game in the New York Times stable of puzzle games it's a fun Twist on classic word search games every day we're given a new theme and then tasked with uncovering all the words on the grid that fit that theme including a Spang gram that spans two sides of the board one of these words is the Spang gram which crosses from one side of the grid to another and reveals even more about the day's theme today's theme boots and Saddles hint number one John Wayne hint number two Red Dead Redemption to help you uncover all the words here are the first two letters of every word including the Spang gram in today's puzzle s hdu o b o HOA o UI today's Spang gram is westerns he Ras the full list of words Sheriff duel Cowboy Bounty Horse Saloon Outlaw am a huge sucker for westerns so this one was very simple to solve until the last two words in the bottom right corner I found Cowboy right away and then the Spang gram everything else came easy until just Saloon and Outlaw remained and there I got stuck for a spell I reckon it took me longer to tussle out those two words than the whole rest of the Grid in the end I solved it without needing a hint Yeehaw that's all for this story We upload videos every day covering many different subjects so hit that subscribe button to stay informed thanks for watching