NYT Connections September 13 2026 Answers
Puzzle #1190
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
PORRIDGE GARFIELD DROOPY EMPTY HEATHCLIFF EXCESS GRANT SLACK ODIE PARAMOUNT SAGGING MADISON FLACCID KEWPIE CLEVELAND DOUBLESPEAK
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — LACKING IN FIRMNESS
Green — U.S. PRESIDENTS
Blue — WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE TWO LETTERS
Purple — ENDING IN ELEVATED LANDFORMS
LACKING IN FIRMNESSDROOPY, FLACCID, SAGGING, SLACK
U.S. PRESIDENTSCLEVELAND, GARFIELD, GRANT, MADISON
WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE TWO LETTERSEMPTY, EXCESS, KEWPIE, ODIE
ENDING IN ELEVATED LANDFORMSDOUBLESPEAK, HEATHCLIFF, PARAMOUNT, PORRIDGE
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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.