NYT Connections Mush, Pap, and Mace meaning #462 game solved: September 16 edition!

Stuck with today’s NYT Connections puzzle and don’t know the meaning of these one-of-a-kind words: Mush, Pap, and Mace? You are not alone, so let us get started!

Since June of last year, The New York Times has regularly released the game Connections with different difficulty levels each day.

In the game, you have to make four groups of words, each consisting of four. Remember, the words in the groups will have something in common, but the twist is that each group has a varied difficulty.

The yellow group is relatively easier to identify, whereas the purple group can be the trickiest.

So, in the NYT Connections #462 puzzle, we got words like Mush, Pap, Mace, Premier, Supreme etc., so let us get them grouped with hints and answers, shall we?

Hints for today’s NYT Connections #462 categories

Here are the hints for the groupings in today’s NYT Connections game, listed categorically from the yellow group to the trickiest purple group.

• Yellow [Straightforward]: Of the highest distinction
• Green: Things that might hurt to touch
• Blue: Words to depict soft things often associated with crying!
• Purple [Tricky]: Something that prevents change, protects, or covers

Before we get to the answers, let us find out the meanings of some words in today’s NYT Connection puzzle.

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the meaning of Mush in the NYT Connections puzzle is something soft and spongy or shapeless. It also means weak sentimentality or mawkish amorousness.

Likewise, Pap also has multiple meanings; it means soft food, political patronage as well as something lacking solid value or substance.

Lastly, Mace is a heavy often spiked staff or club that is used especially in the Middle Ages for breaking armor. It can also be an ornamental staff borne as a symbol of authority before a public official.

If you want to solve the puzzle on your own from this, don’t scroll down as it contains answers!

Answers to NYT Connections #462 groups for September 15, 2024, solved!

Here is the complete answer to today’s NYT Connections #462 groups.

• Foremost [Yellow]: Chief, Premier, Principal, Supreme
• Spiky Things [Green]: Cactus, Hedgehog, Mace, Pineapple
• Overly Sentimental Work [Blue]: Cheese, Corn, Mush, Pap
• Things that are Capped [Purple]: Bottle, Graduate, Mushroom, Salary

How’d you do?