welcome to today's nyt connections puzzle breakdown for September 10th 2024 if you're tackling today's challenge you're in the right place we've got some hints to get you started with today's themes for the yellow category think about a phrase that captures the essence of diversity it's a common saying about life's flavor the green category involves the concept of moving from one place or state to another in the blue category focus on systems that measure or evaluate think of ways things are graded or assessed lastly the purple category involves entities with a common power or ruling element still stuck here's a quick rundown of today's categories for yellow the theme is varieties think of different kinds and types green relates to transfer actions like delivering and passing blue deals with rating systems AF grades percentages and other evaluative tools and for purple we're looking at things with Kings in including Checkers card decks monarchies and the NHL if you're still having trouble don't worry we've included the answers to help you along keep going and good luck with your puzzle solving