Play Connections #1193
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Connections #1193 hints
Yellow is usually the easiest group and purple the trickiest. Start with one colour and see if the rest falls into place.
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Yellow group hintGentle hint
Check the tail end of each answer for something from a chemistry class chart.
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Green group hintGentle hint
The first few letters of each answer hide something you'd find in a cash drawer.
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Blue group hintHelpful hint
These are the names tucked between the first and last names of famous verse writers.
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Purple group hintHelpful hint
Take away one extra letter and you'll land on something you'd grill at a cookout.
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Where's the trap?Strong hint
NICKELODEON begins with a name that is also a metal, which can tempt you to group it with the answers where a metal comes at the end.
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The four group namesStrong hint
- ENDING IN METAL ELEMENTS
- STARTING WITH U.S. COINS
- POETS' MIDDLE NAMES
- SAUSAGES PLUS A LETTER
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Difficulty: Medium. Two groups mostly reward spotting hidden words at the edges, while the other two lean on literary trivia and tricky wordplay.
Connections #1193 answers
Spoiler zone. Below are all four groups for September 16, 2026, with why each word fits.
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Each colour opens in three steps: one word from the group, then the group name, then all four words. Stop as soon as you can finish it yourself.
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LATIN is in the yellow group. Look for three more words that share something with it.
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The group is ENDING IN METAL ELEMENTS.
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LATIN, LONG JOHN SILVER, MARIGOLD, STEAM IRON
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DIMENSION is in the green group. Look for three more words that share something with it.
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The group is STARTING WITH U.S. COINS.
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DIMENSION, NICKELODEON, PENNYWISE, QUARTERBACK
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BARRETT is in the blue group. Look for three more words that share something with it.
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The group is POETS' MIDDLE NAMES.
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BARRETT, CARLOS, ST. VINCENT, WADSWORTH
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BORAT is in the purple group. Look for three more words that share something with it.
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The group is SAUSAGES PLUS A LETTER.
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BORAT, CLINK, FRANK-N-FURTER, WIDENER
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- LATIN: Ends in TIN.
- LONG JOHN SILVER: Ends in SILVER, the pirate's name and the metal.
- MARIGOLD: Ends in GOLD.
- STEAM IRON: Ends in IRON.
- DIMENSION: Starts with DIME.
- NICKELODEON: Starts with NICKEL.
- PENNYWISE: Starts with PENNY.
- QUARTERBACK: Starts with QUARTER.
- BARRETT: Elizabeth Barrett Browning's middle name.
- CARLOS: William Carlos Williams's middle name.
- ST. VINCENT: Edna St. Vincent Millay's middle name.
- WADSWORTH: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's middle name.
Purple group explained
- BORAT: BRAT with an extra O.
- CLINK: LINK with an extra C.
- FRANK-N-FURTER: FRANKFURTER with an extra N.
- WIDENER: WIENER with an extra D.
What does WIDENER mean?
A surname best known from Harvard's Widener Library, named for Harry Elkins Widener, who died on the Titanic. In this puzzle it is WIENER with a D added, making a sausage plus a letter.
What does ST. VINCENT mean?
The middle name of the American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, a Pulitzer Prize winner known for lyric poems of the early 1900s. Here it fills the poets' middle names group.
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| Date | Puzzle | Purple group |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15 | #1192 | THINGS THAT APPEAR AT THE END |
| Sep 14 | #1191 | ___GRASS |
| Sep 13 | #1190 | ENDING IN ELEVATED LANDFORMS |
| Sep 12 | #1189 | ___ ALERT |
| Sep 11 | #1188 | THINGS THAT ARE PUSHED METAPHORICALLY |
| Sep 10 | #1187 | ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR "HAPPENING NOW" |
| Sep 9 | #1186 | WORDS BEFORE "FORCE" |
About Connections
Connections is a daily New York Times puzzle where you sort 16 words into four groups of four. Groups are colour-coded from yellow, the most direct, to purple, which usually relies on wordplay. You can make four mistakes. Looking back at past puzzles is one of the best ways to learn the kinds of tricks the editors like to use.
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Connections #1193 questions
What were the Connections answers on September 16, 2026?
ENDING IN METAL ELEMENTS: LATIN, LONG JOHN SILVER, MARIGOLD, STEAM IRON. STARTING WITH U.S. COINS: DIMENSION, NICKELODEON, PENNYWISE, QUARTERBACK. POETS' MIDDLE NAMES: BARRETT, CARLOS, ST. VINCENT, WADSWORTH. SAUSAGES PLUS A LETTER: BORAT, CLINK, FRANK-N-FURTER, WIDENER.
What was the purple group in Connections #1193?
SAUSAGES PLUS A LETTER: BORAT, CLINK, FRANK-N-FURTER, WIDENER.
What made Connections #1193 tricky?
NICKELODEON begins with a name that is also a metal, which can tempt you to group it with the answers where a metal comes at the end.