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NYT Connections Answers for Game 1198
Today's Connections puzzle reveals four themed word groups with specific answers.
In brief
Today's Connections puzzle reveals four themed word groups with specific answers. The NYT Connections puzzle for September 21, 2026, game #1198 groups words into email buttons, fishing terms, chess verbs, and composer starts. Originally reported by TechRadar.
Today's Connections Puzzle

The New York Times word game challenges players to group answers into four themed categories each day.
Today's Words

The puzzle uses words: compose, check, fly, beet, brah, worm, spam, mate, castle, chum, viva, sent, chop, capture, drafts, spinner.
Group Hints

Yellow: messaging tabs; green: ways to attract fish; blue: chess verbs; purple: starts of composers' names.
Group Answers

Yellow: email buttons; green: fishing terms; blue: chess verbs; purple: starts of composers' names.
Email Buttons Group

The group includes compose, drafts, sent, and spam, which are email button functions.
Fishing Terms Group

The group includes chum, fly, spinner, and worm, which are methods to attract fish.
Chess Verbs Group
The group includes capture, castle, check, and mate, which are chess moves.
The short version
The NYT Connections puzzle for September 21, 2026, game #1198 groups words into email buttons, fishing terms, chess verbs, and composer starts.



