Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 11, #823

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. DId you see what appeared to be a bunch of candy bars minus their final "S" in today's NYT Connections puzzle? Me too, but guess what? It's never that easy. 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: Like a scar. Green group hint: Really big. Blue group hint: That's not polite. Purple group hint: Take me out to the ball game. Answers for today's Connections groups Yellow group: Blemish. Green group: Behemoth. Blue group: Rude things to do. Purple group: On a baseball field. 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. 11, 2025. NYT/Screenshot by CNET The yellow words in today's Connections The theme is blemish. The four answers are dent, ding, mar and scratch. The green words in today's Connections The theme is behemoth. The four answers are colossus, mammoth, whale and whopper. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is rude things to do. The four answers are point, snicker, stare and whisper. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is on a baseball field. The four answers are base, box, mound and plate.