Today's NYT Connections Groups and Answers, Sunday, September 8

Happy Sunday, Puzzlers! We are 100 percent ready for football. It's Week One of the NFL season, but maybe that's not your thing, especially if you're a 9-year-old who is beyond excited about the Minecraft filmAnd when you are older and Despite it excited about the Minecraft Movie, well, that's great too! Whatever you think, just don't be an idiot about it, you know?

Anyway. Your daily sweet 16 words are back and ready for your best grouping efforts. The popular Connections Brainbuster by The New York Times has four groups of words with a common theme or commonality, but shuffled in a random order for you to figure them out. Remember to take your time – many words have multiple meanings, so think twice before you click.

Words of the day: FROST, BEACH, PUMP, POPE, RACE, BISHOP, PET SHOP, POUND, HARDY, BEAT, BEFORE, BAKE, POLLEN, BAD, PREHEAT, And PASTOR