Stuck on today’s Connections wall? Here are concise category nudges for puzzle #846, followed by the spoiler section with all four groups and the full 16‑word list. If you’d rather play first, load the puzzle on the official page at NYT Connections.

Category hints (easiest to hardest)

  • Yellow: Ways to repair a hole or tear in clothing.
  • Green: A weather force you don’t see directly, only its effects.
  • Blue: Words built from the same letters rearranged.
  • Purple: Small baked goods (often called biscuits outside the US).

Tip: If multiple words seem to fit, test pairs across categories to avoid a near‑miss in the tougher sets.

NYT Connections #846 — today’s answers

Color Category Words
Yellow Fix a hole in clothing Darn, Mend, Patch, Stitch
Green Rush of wind Blast, Blow, Gale, Gust
Blue Anagrams Arts, Rats, Star, Tsar
Purple Kinds of cookies Fortune, Oatmeal, Rainbow, Sugar

Why these groupings work

  • Fix a hole in clothing: each verb describes a common mending method.
  • Rush of wind: four near‑synonyms for a sudden, forceful movement of air.
  • Anagrams: Arts / Rats / Star / Tsar all share the same four letters.
  • Kinds of cookies: standard cookie styles, including “rainbow” (multicolored sprinkle or layered varieties).

Today’s full 16‑word grid

Use this to sanity‑check your board before submitting:

patch stitch fortune gale
blow oatmeal blast mend
sugar darn gust arts
rainbow star rats tsar

Quick solving pointers

  • Start concrete: physical actions (like clothing repairs) tend to stand out.
  • Scan for letter tricks: short words with shared letters often indicate an anagram set.
  • Reduce ambiguity: once two words feel locked together, trial a third and fourth to confirm the category’s angle.
  • Leave the wildcard group for last: the final four usually reveal themselves by elimination.

Come back tomorrow for a fresh grid and a new set of traps and misdirects.