NYT Connections Answer Today (#1206) – 29 Sep 2026 Solution & Hints
- About Today’s Connections
- The 16 Words
- Definitions of the 16 Words
- General Hints
- Category Titles
- One Word per Category
- Complete Solution (Click to Reveal)
About Today’s Connections
Puzzle #1206 (published 29 Sep 2026). Sort 16 words into four groups of four, based on a hidden connection. Some words look like they belong together and don’t — that’s by design.
The 16 Words
Here are the 16 words, sorted alphabetically to avoid spoilers:
- DELTA
- DRAINAGE BASIN
- FINDING
- FREEZE TAG
- HIDDEN
- HOME GAME
- INSIDE
- MODEL TANK
- MONSTERS
- MOUTH
- ORAL PHASE
- REMOTE
- SECRET
- STREAM BED
- TOY
- TUCKED AWAY
Definitions of the 16 Words
| DELTA | A fan-shaped landform built up from sediment where a river empties into a larger body of water. |
| DRAINAGE BASIN | The whole stretch of land where rain and runoff collect before draining into one river system. |
| FINDING | The act of discovering or locating something that had been lost or unknown. |
| FREEZE TAG | A playground version of tag where a tagged player must stand frozen until a teammate taps them free. |
| HIDDEN | Kept out of view or hard for others to notice. |
| HOME GAME | A sports match played at a team’s own venue instead of on the road. |
| INSIDE | Situated within the interior of something rather than out on its surface. |
| MODEL TANK | A small-scale hobbyist replica of an armored military vehicle. |
| MONSTERS | Frightening, often fantastical creatures found in folklore and horror or animated films. |
| MOUTH | The point where a river flows out into the sea, a lake, or another river. |
| ORAL PHASE | In psychology, the earliest stage of development centered on feeding and sucking behaviors. |
| REMOTE | Far off from other places, people, or the reach of everyday life. |
| SECRET | Information that is deliberately kept from general knowledge. |
| STREAM BED | The channel or hollow along which a stream or river naturally runs. |
| TOY | An object made for children, or adults, to play with. |
| TUCKED AWAY | Positioned in a quiet, hard-to-notice spot, off the main path. |
General Hints
- Each of these describes a place that’s tucked well out of the way and hard for most people to stumble upon.
- These terms all name a part of a waterway, from where it begins to where it finally lets out.
- Every one of these opens the title of a beloved animated movie about fish, feelings, scary creatures, or playthings.
- Read each two-word phrase slowly — a letter from the Greek alphabet is spelled out right across the middle of it.
Category Titles
- 🟨 Yellow: Secluded
- 🟩 Green: River Features
- 🟦 Blue: First Words of Pixar Films
- 🟪 Purple: Phrases Hiding Greek Letters
One Word per Category
- 🟨 Yellow: REMOTE
- 🟩 Green: MOUTH
- 🟦 Blue: TOY
- 🟪 Purple: HOME GAME
Complete Solution
The full breakdown is below — tap to reveal all four groups:
[CLICK TO REVEAL: Full Solution]
NYT Connections #1206 — Full Groups
- 🟨 Yellow: Secluded → HIDDEN, REMOTE, SECRET, TUCKED AWAY
- 🟩 Green: River Features → DELTA, DRAINAGE BASIN, MOUTH, STREAM BED
- 🟦 Blue: First Words of Pixar Films → FINDING, INSIDE, MONSTERS, TOY
- 🟪 Purple: Phrases Hiding Greek Letters → FREEZE TAG, HOME GAME, MODEL TANK, ORAL PHASE
The purple group is the real trap here, since DELTA also reads as a perfectly good river-features word — a classic Connections move to bait you into filing it in the wrong pile.
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