NYT Connections Hints and Answers for September 4, #1181

The New York Times published hints and answers for its Connections puzzle #1181 on September 4, 2026, covering four themed groups of words. The puzzle includes categories ranging from spherical objects to types of eels. The yellow group, themed "spherical things," contains bowling ball, eye, moon, and orange. The green group, "food whose name is two foods," includes cake donut, candy corn, cherry tomato, and pizza pie. The blue group, "kinds of eels," lists conger, gulper, moray, and ribbon. The purple group, "accessories inside starting and ending letters," features cringy (ring), opine (pin), stied (tie), and that's (hat). The article also provides hints for each group and references a separate discussion about a previous puzzle.