Here's your NYT Connections hint for Thursday Sep 3

This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today's? Check out the Connections hint for Tuesday 29th September!

It's that time again! And no, we don't mean time to worsen that stress-induced headache. It's time to solve that Connections puzzle and save your streak!

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Connections hint for Thursday 3rd September

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: Blink and you'll miss the entire category!
• 🟩 Green hint: A passionate painter's palette.
• 🟦 Blue hint: Childhood treasures.
• 🟪 Purple hint: A lot can happen in the sheets.
• Extra hint 1: One group might give you flashbacks of the office.
• Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter 'N'

If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:

• 🟨 Yellow: Flash
• 🟩 Green: Maroon
• 🟦 Blue: Tonka
• 🟪 Purple: Max

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections groups are revealed just below!

Today's Connections groups revealed

If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today's Connections puzzle, below we'll reveal the four correct Connections groups - the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.

Here are the Connections groups for today:

• 🟨 Yellow: Two Shakes of a Lamb's Tail
• 🟩 Green: Shades of Red
• 🟦 Blue: Toy Car Brands
• 🟪 Purple: Spreadsheet Functions

Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today's puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections answer lies ahead!

Connections answer today

Here is the answer to today's Connections puzzle on Thursday, 3rd September:

• 🟨 Yellow: Two Shakes of a Lamb's Tail (Blink, Flash, Heartbeat, Trice)
• 🟩 Green: Shades of Red (Carmine, Cinnabar, Maroon, Vermillion)
• 🟦 Blue: Toy Car Brands (Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Micro Machines, Tonka)
• 🟪 Purple: Spreadsheet Functions (Average, Count, Max, Sum)

Well, I'm sure I'm not the only one to learn a brand new color today! Cinnabar sounds more like a tasty snack than a shade. Don't eat it, though, it's toxic.

Let us know in the comments below how you found today's puzzle! Here's my grid:

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Congratulations if you got today's Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn't succeed today, don't worry - a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!