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NYT Connections September 5 2026 Answers

Puzzle #1182

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

Today's 16-word board, in its starting order:

SLEEPY HONK BOBBLE GOBBLE WARBLE COBBLE WOBBLE TAR PI HAMMER TODDLE COO SWAY JUG TORT TOTTER

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — MOVE UNSTEADILY
Green — BIRD ONOMATOPOEIA
Blue — ___HEAD
Purple — DESSERTS MINUS LAST LETTER
MOVE UNSTEADILYSWAY, TODDLE, TOTTER, WOBBLE
BIRD ONOMATOPOEIACOO, GOBBLE, HONK, WARBLE
___HEADBOBBLE, HAMMER, JUG, SLEEPY
DESSERTS MINUS LAST LETTERCOBBLE, PI, TAR, TORT
Checked against the official NYT Connections solution

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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.