Today's Connections Hints & Answers For September 12, 2024 (Puzzle #458)

If you're trying to save your streak and keep your high scores rolling, we're here to help. There are some tricky word combinations in today's puzzle, along with a category that requires some specific cultural knowledge. Those two things together can sometimes create a difficult puzzle that is hard to salvage if you get stuck on one category.

If you like, there are a lot of other daily puzzle games that give a similar amount of challenge and wordplay. One of these games is , which is also put out by NYT and involvestrying to come up with as many words as possible that can be made from the letters in the puzzle. These letters are aesthetically located in small hexagonal honeycombs, making for a challenging but soothing experience.

If you are trying to save your puzzle before you get locked out, we have all the tricks you need to keep your puzzle game going. To that end, here are four separate clues that will help you solve today's category names:

Wordle is a simple daily word game that has taken the internet by storm. With only 6 chances to get the right answer, players may need a little help.

Those clues may not be enough for you if you just want to know you are on the right track, so to help you out, we also have all of the category names listed for you:

MARK ONLINE FOR LATER

BEHALF

NBA LEGENDS, FAMILIARLY

ENDING WITH GREEK LETTERS

MARK ONLINE FOR LATER

BOOKMARK

FAVORITE

LIKE

SAVE

Some of these things are true offline as well, but that makes this category a little easier to solve than the others. All of these words have to do with something you LIKE, and so you want to save them for a time when you can digest it properly. This is true to the regular world as well, as I do tend to SAVE up my favorite ice cream for when I can take the time to nurture it.

BEHALF

ADVANTAGE

BENEFIT

INTEREST

SAKE

This one was a little confusing, if only because I read SAKE as a drink and not as the more normal and common word. I blame this on my puzzle having it right next to