NYT Connections #1183 answer & hints: Sunday, September 6, 2026

Updated: Sunday, September 6, 2026 · Hints reviewed by Omer Liban · New puzzle daily at midnight US Eastern Time (5am UK). · Puzzle editor: Wyna Liu.

This page has every level of help for the NYT Connections puzzle #1183 of Sunday, September 6, 2026: 3 spoiler-free hint tiers that narrow things down step by step, followed by the complete answers with explanations — each behind its own tap-to-reveal card.

Stuck on today's Connections? Work through the hint tiers below — each one gives away a little more, so you can get exactly as much help as you want and still keep the win.

New to Connections? The four answer groups are colour-coded by difficulty: 🟡 yellow is the easiest, then 🟢 green, 🔵 blue, and 🟣 purple — the trickiest, usually built on wordplay. The hints below use those colours.

Connections hints (September 6, 2026)

1One word from each group

Yellow (easiest): one of its words is “BLANK CHECK”.
Green (easy): one of its words is “CARD SLOT”.
Blue (tricky): one of its words is “ATM MACHINE”.
Purple (trickiest, usually wordplay): one of its words is “COURT SCRIBE”.

2Category hints (no answers)

Yellow (easiest): the theme is “Unrestricted permission”.
Green (easy): the theme is “Places to insert something into on a computer”.
Blue (tricky): the theme is “Abbreviations followed by redundant word”.
Purple (trickiest, usually wordplay): the theme is “Ending with ways to carve a surface”.

3One full group revealed

Yellow (easiest) — the connection is “Unrestricted permission”, and its four words are: BLANK CHECK, CARTE BLANCHE, FREE REIGN, FULL AUTHORITY.

Connections answers — September 6, 2026 (#1183)

★Today's full Connections answers, explained

Yellow (easiest) — the connection is “Unrestricted permission”. The words: BLANK CHECK, CARTE BLANCHE, FREE REIGN, FULL AUTHORITY.
Green (easy) — the connection is “Places to insert something into on a computer”. The words: CARD SLOT, HEADPHONE JACK, OPTICAL DRIVE, USB PORT.
Blue (tricky) — the connection is “Abbreviations followed by redundant word”. The words: ATM MACHINE, LCD DISPLAY, PIN NUMBER, UPC CODE.
Purple (trickiest, usually wordplay) — the connection is “Ending with ways to carve a surface”. The words: COURT SCRIBE, DIRECTOR'S CUT, PIZZA SLICE, SAT SCORE.

The puzzle, explained

The purple group is sneaky because each answer ends with a legitimate way to carve or mark a surface—SCRIBE (scratching), CUT (slicing), SLICE (cutting), and SCORE (scoring a line—that's the trick!). The real trap was probably mistaking PIZZA SLICE for the green computer group, since you'd insert a pizza into an oven, but it actually belongs with the carving methods. PIN NUMBER was another trap that might've pulled you away from the redundant abbreviations group, since PIN technically connects to computer ports, but it's really part of that ATM MACHINE / LCD DISPLAY family of acronyms that get paired with unnecessary repeats. Once you spotted that purple wordplay pattern though, DIRECTOR'S CUT and COURT SCRIBE became obvious as the remaining surface-carving words hiding in plain sight.

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What do the Connections colours mean?

Yellow is the easiest group, then green, then blue, and purple is the trickiest — purple usually involves wordplay such as homophones, hidden words or 'words before/after X'.

How many mistakes are allowed in Connections?

You can make four mistakes before the puzzle ends. If you see 'one away…', exactly three of your four selected words belong together.

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