Here's your NYT Connections hint for Wednesday Sep 9

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It's a new day, and what better way to start it than with a good old-fashioned brain teaser? Losing that streak would be a terrible start to your day, though.

That's where we come in. Here, we've got all your answers as well as a few hints so you can save that streak and start your day off on the right foot.

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Connections hint for Wednesday 9th September

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: Things you can't quite wrap your head around.
• 🟩 Green hint: The prefix is doing some small-scale work.
• 🟦 Blue hint: Four reasons why the theatre audience might be reconsidering their popcorn.
• 🟪 Purple hint: Not all forces come from the same department.
• Extra hint 1: The start is what matters most for one group.
• Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter 'B'

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

• 🟨 Yellow: Esoteric
• 🟩 Green: Minivan
• 🟦 Blue: It
• 🟪 Purple: G

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: Hard to Understand
• 🟩 Green: Words with "Small" Prefixes
• 🟦 Blue: Horror Movies
• 🟪 Purple: Words Before "Force"

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 Wednesday, 9th September:

• 🟨 Yellow: Hard to Understand (Bewildering, Esoteric, Incomprehensible, Opaque)
• 🟩 Green: Words with "Small" Prefixes (Microbrewery, Minivan, Nanotechnology, Picosecond)
• 🟦 Blue: Horror Movies (Arachnophobia, Halloween, It, Saw)
• 🟪 Purple: Words Before "Force" (Brute, Electromagnetic, G, Task)

This Connections puzzle was as tricky as ever, but it's nice to see even the NYT is getting into the spooky spirit this September! As a horror buff, the blue group was my saving grace today. What was yours?

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!