NYT Connections Answer Today (#1207) – 30 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 #1207 (published 30 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:
- Bond
- Bugsy
- Casino
- Decent
- Donnie Brasco
- Etch A Sketch
- Future
- Martini
- Novelty
- Octopussy
- Option
- Scarface
- Septum
- Spray Paint
- Stock
- Tambourine
Definitions of the 16 Words
| Bond | A financial agreement in which an investor lends money to an issuer in return for periodic interest payments. |
| Bugsy | A 1991 crime drama chronicling mobster Bugsy Siegel’s role in building up Las Vegas. |
| Casino | A 1995 Martin Scorsese film about the mob’s grip on a Las Vegas gambling operation. |
| Decent | Satisfactory or good enough, without being especially impressive. |
| Donnie Brasco | A 1997 film based on the true story of an FBI agent who infiltrated the mafia. |
| Etch A Sketch | A drawing toy whose image disappears when the screen is turned over and shaken. |
| Future | A contract obligating its buyer to purchase an asset at a set price on a future date. |
| Martini | A chilled cocktail traditionally made from gin and vermouth. |
| Novelty | The quality of being new, unusual, or not previously encountered. |
| Octopussy | A 1983 James Bond film starring Roger Moore as 007. |
| Option | A financial contract giving the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an asset. |
| Scarface | A 1983 crime film following a Cuban immigrant’s violent rise through Miami’s drug trade. |
| Septum | The thin wall of cartilage and bone separating the two nostrils. |
| Spray Paint | Paint housed in a pressurized aerosol can that needs a good agitation before it sprays evenly. |
| Stock | A unit of ownership in a company that entitles the holder to a share of its assets and earnings. |
| Tambourine | A hand-held percussion instrument ringed with jingling metal discs. |
General Hints
- Yellow: Consider the different instruments people use to put their money to work in the markets.
- Green: Each of these needs a good rattle before it actually does its job.
- Blue: Every entry here is a movie built around organized crime and the people who run it.
- Purple: Look closely — each answer is quietly hiding an abbreviated month right at the start.
Category Titles
- 🟨 Yellow: Securities
- 🟩 Green: Things That Are Shaken (Not Stirred)
- 🟦 Blue: Gangster Movies
- 🟪 Purple: Starting With Month Abbreviations
One Word per Category
- 🟨 Yellow: Stock
- 🟩 Green: Martini
- 🟦 Blue: Scarface
- 🟪 Purple: Octopussy
Complete Solution
The full breakdown is below — tap to reveal all four groups:
[CLICK TO REVEAL: Full Solution]
NYT Connections #1207 — Full Groups
- 🟨 Yellow: Securities → BOND, FUTURE, OPTION, STOCK
- 🟩 Green: Things That Are Shaken (Not Stirred) → ETCH A SKETCH, MARTINI, SPRAY PAINT, TAMBOURINE
- 🟦 Blue: Gangster Movies → BUGSY, CASINO, DONNIE BRASCO, SCARFACE
- 🟪 Purple: Starting With Month Abbreviations → DECENT, NOVELTY, OCTOPUSSY, SEPTUM
The purple group was the real trap today — words like Decent, Novelty, Octopussy, and Septum read as everyday vocabulary until you notice each one is smuggling a three-or-four-letter month abbreviation in its opening letters.
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