Connections #1,198
September 21, 2026Sixteen words and four groups of four. Yellow is usually the straightforward one and purple is usually wordplay, so the hints below go one step at a time.
Hint 1: one word from each group
- Yellow: one of the four is SENT.
- Green: one of the four is FLY.
- Blue: one of the four is MATE.
- Purple: one of the four is BEET.
Hint 2: the four categories
- Yellow: Email Buttons.
- Green: Ways To Attract Fish.
- Blue: Chess Verbs.
- Purple: Starts Of Composers' Names.
Today's Connections groups, #1,198
The purple group
Purple today is Starts Of Composers' Names: BEET, BRAH, CHOP, VIVA. Purple is the group the setters build last, and it is usually a hidden word, a sound, or a phrase pattern rather than a plain category. If two of its words looked like they belonged somewhere else, that was the point.
Yesterday's Connections
Connections #1,197, September 20, 2026: Round Flat Things (BLU-RAY, COASTER, SAND DOLLAR, TORTILLA); Associated With Kentucky (BLUEGRASS, BOURBON, DERBY, FRIED CHICKEN); Vampire Movies (BLADE, NEAR DARK, SINNERS, TWILIGHT); ___boards You Ride On (HOVER, SKATE, SNOW, SURF). Yesterday's page ›
Connections is four groups. This one is five words.
One real news sentence a day, twenty to thirty words, something that actually happened. Keep the five words a headline would keep and let the rest go. Here is yesterday's, solved.
At Camden Lock, a 71-year-old woman, Beatrice Millar, took off her shoes, jumped in after a drowning man and saved him by holding his head above water.
Five tries. blue is the right word in the right place, orange is one of the five sitting somewhere else, grey is not one of them. The result beats the process, a name or a job beats a place, and the little words never count.
How you finish decides which sticker you keep.
FAQ
What are today's Connections answers?
For September 21, 2026, puzzle #1,198: EMAIL BUTTONS: COMPOSE, DRAFTS, SENT, SPAM. WAYS TO ATTRACT FISH: CHUM, FLY, SPINNER, WORM. CHESS VERBS: CAPTURE, CASTLE, CHECK, MATE. STARTS OF COMPOSERS' NAMES: BEET, BRAH, CHOP, VIVA.
What is today's purple group?
Starts Of Composers' Names: BEET, BRAH, CHOP, VIVA.
What were yesterday's Connections answers?
#1,197: Round Flat Things: BLU-RAY, COASTER, SAND DOLLAR, TORTILLA. Associated With Kentucky: BLUEGRASS, BOURBON, DERBY, FRIED CHICKEN. Vampire Movies: BLADE, NEAR DARK, SINNERS, TWILIGHT. ___boards You Ride On: HOVER, SKATE, SNOW, SURF.
What number is today's Connections?
#1,198.
When does this page update?
Within a few hours of midnight Eastern, once the day's board is confirmed by two sources. Today: 1:30 AM ET.
Is this the official Connections site?
No. Official Connections is on the New York Times. This page is unofficial hints and answers, then Long Story Short, a different game.
The last 14 Connections puzzles
| Date | # | Groups |
|---|---|---|
| September 20, 2026 | 1,197 | Round Flat Things · Associated With Kentucky · Vampire Movies · ___boards You Ride On |
| September 19, 2026 | 1,196 | Widen One's Scope · Features Of A Kid's Drawing · Associated With Swinging London In The 1960s · Starting With Abbreviated Math Functions |
| September 18, 2026 | 1,195 | Segment Of A Process · Assortments Of Food/drink · Parts Of A Flight · ___case |
| September 17, 2026 | 1,194 | Elasticity · Things That Are Underground · Hugh Jackman Movies, With "the" · Love ___ |
| September 16, 2026 | 1,193 | Ending In Metal Elements · Starting With U.s. Coins · Poets' Middle Names · Sausages Plus A Letter |
| September 15, 2026 | 1,192 | Instruct · Parts Of A Whistling Kettle · Undercover Operative · Things That Appear At The End |
| September 14, 2026 | 1,191 | Waterbirds · Informant · Common Single-use Plastic Items · ___grass |
| September 13, 2026 | 1,190 | Lacking In Firmness · U.s. Presidents · Words That Sound Like Two Letters · Ending In Elevated Landforms |
| September 12, 2026 | 1,189 | Ways To Personalize A Car · People In An Online Forum · Things That Blink · ___ Alert |
| September 11, 2026 | 1,188 | People Hired For An Event · Internalize · Ways To Practice Self-care · Things That Are Pushed Metaphorically |
| September 10, 2026 | 1,187 | Chemical Elements · What You Might See Sticking Out Of A Window · Bruce Springsteen Classics · Ending In Synonyms For "happening Now" |
| September 9, 2026 | 1,186 | Hard To Understand · Words With "small" Prefixes · Horror Movies · Words Before "force" |
| September 8, 2026 | 1,185 | Classic American Performance Cars · Features Of A Mime Costume · ___ Heart · Candy Bars Plus A Letter |
| September 7, 2026 | 1,184 | Quite The Saga · Parts Of A Bra · Associated With Pine Trees · Starting With Disney Characters |