Looking for today's Connections answer for puzzle #468 from September 21, which is much easier than yesterday's answer, this puzzle from Connections Companion has a difficulty rating of 22 out of 5

We update our Connections clues and hints daily And if the hints aren't enough, you can see all four solutions along with the category title and related words In addition, for those of you reading this in another time zone, I have included a reflection on yesterday's puzzle, #467

There are spoilers for connection #468 Only those who want to know the answer to today's connection should read on

Alternatively, see our NYT Connections How to Play Guide for tips on how to solve the puzzle without our help

While today's wordle solution guide recommends the best wordle starting words as a strategy, the Connections solution depends on identifying the categories that are connected from the 16 words The difficulty of each category is represented by a color, with yellow being the easiest grouping and purple the most difficult Hints are helpful as the answer is displayed after four wrong guesses

If you need a hint to help you solve the groupings, here are each theme in order of difficulty:

If you read these hints, you should at least find the answer to today's connection If not, please continue reading for larger hints Also, if you only want to know the answer, scroll down further

Here's a bigger tip: Be a nerd and watch all the special edition steel boxes while avoiding the psychics Give yourself a pat on the back before you go to extremes

Now for the answer to today's game #468 Connection

Drum roll please

This puzzle will make you laugh when you fall for the obvious traps

I thought today's was a simple yellow problem with rare, medium, well done, and bloody, representing the temperature of the steak Oops

I quickly turned it over to the green category and got Exclusive, Limited, and Rare before adding Collectible

The yellow category was Mystic, Oracle, Psychic, and Medium, from which I easily got

The train was rolling and I quickly got impressive, nice, props and well done

Then purple was awful, bloody, real, way and memorizing filling This title very Maybe it's because it's Saturday, but I don't see this I know, but I don't

I'm reading this late in the day According to Connections Companion, this is Connections Answer for game #467, which had a difficulty rating of 29 out of 5

Why they chose the second film in the Star Wars trilogy for this category is puzzling to me But anyway, I saw Boba and Chewie right off the bat, and Solo Emperor Palpatine is too much for me Because in The Empire Strikes Back, at best Darth Vader calls me his mentor, or at best he calls me Emperor, but not just any Emperor

From there I moved to the yellow category, where I hooked up figure, imagine, suspicious, and think This is a fine category, but I felt like I'd picked a word and opened a thesaurus

I took an early strike in putting together the green category, trying to shove suspects in with characters, individuals, and persons Until that strike, it never entered my mind that the parties were part of this group This is because in my mind (even though the term “one-party dictatorship” is used), party refers to a group, and the other words are singular

Early on, I had cat, hawk, and litter, but I had completely forgotten about kitty corner This is because I grew up in kitty corner After doing some research after the puzzle, I found that kitty corner is popular in Canada and certain northern parts of the United States I grew up in the southwest and east coast and seem to prefer kitty corner Regionalism is always interesting and I love learning new things