Here's your NYT Connections hint for Wednesday Sep 23

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It's not every day that you can complete the Connections puzzle without making a few mistakes. You don't get to make many mistakes before it's all over, though.

If you're in danger of losing your streak, we've got you covered with subtle hints and full answers for today's Connections puzzle.

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Connections hint for Wednesday 23rd September

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: Items on the idiot check.
• 🟩 Green hint: Online obstacles.
• 🟦 Blue hint: They must be contained in something!
• 🟪 Purple hint: It all comes together in the end.
• Extra hint 1: One group hides its words inside others.
• Extra hint 2: Every group except purple has at least one word containing the letter 'K'

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

• 🟨 Yellow: Keys
• 🟩 Green: Paywall
• 🟦 Blue: Spam
• 🟪 Purple: Suriname

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: Things You Grab Before Leaving the House
• 🟩 Green: Website Hurdles
• 🟦 Blue: Things That Come in Cans
• 🟪 Purple: Ending in Synonyms for 'Term'

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, 23rd September:

• 🟨 Yellow: Things You Grab Before Leaving the House (Keys, Phone, Sunglasses, Wallet)
• 🟩 Green: Website Hurdles (Age Verification, Captcha, Cookie Consent, Paywall)
• 🟦 Blue: Things That Come in Cans (Condensed Milk, Paint, Shaving Cream, Spam)
• 🟪 Purple: Ending in Synonyms for 'Term' (Bitcoin, Record Label, Rub-A-Dub, Suriname)

This puzzle had a nice mix of association and classic Connections wordplay. The yellow group was the first to fall into place for me, then came green. I imagine that would be a tricky one if you weren't so chronically online, though. And of course, the purple group came last for me today. As usual.

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!