Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Yes, we all saw the Star Wars name -- HAN and SOLO -- in today's NYT Connections puzzle. But of course, it's never that easy. Was the Force not with you when you tried to solve Connections today? Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak. Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time Hints for today's Connections groups Here are four hints for the groupings in today's Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group. Yellow group hint: Spicy. Green group hint: Not part of a group or couple. Blue group hint: A mare wouldn't qualify. Purple group hint: Ancient families. Answers for today's Connections groups Yellow group: Piquancy. Green group: Available. Blue group: Male animals. Purple group: Chinese dynasties. Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words What are today's Connections answers? The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Sept. 5, 2025. NYT/Screenshot by CNET The yellow words in today's Connections The theme is piquancy. The four answers are kick, punch, zest and zing. The green words in today's Connections The theme is available. The four answers are free, single, solo and stag. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is male animals. The four answers are billy, buck, jack and ram. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is Chinese dynasties. The four answers are Han, Ming, Song and Tang.