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Connections answers for 12 September 2026
Saturday, 12 September 2026 · Puzzle 1189
All four groups for puzzle 1189. This page shows the answers in full.
Yellow: ways to personalize a car
BUMPER STICKERFUZZY DICEHOOD ORNAMENTVANITY PLATE
Green: people in an online forum
LURKERPOSTERSPAMMERTROLL
Blue: things that blink
CURSOREYELIDSSMOKE DETECTORTURN SIGNAL
Purple: ___ alert
NERDREDSPOILERWEATHER
Try your groups on today's grid
This is today's grid as the game lays it out. Tap four words that belong together and press Check. We will tell you if it is a group, one word away, or not a group. You get four mistakes, the same as the game.
Mistakes left: ● ● ● ●
Stuck on one group?
Each group opens in three steps: a nudge, then its category, then the four words. Open only as many as you need.
Yellow
Not opened yet.
Green
Not opened yet.
Blue
Not opened yet.
Purple
Not opened yet.
The hints we wrote
- Yellow is the easiest group and purple the hardest. One yellow word is BUMPER STICKER.
- Yellow is about: ways to personalize a car.
- Green is about: people in an online forum.
- Blue is about: things that blink.
- Purple is about: ___ alert.
Neighbouring days
- Day before: 11 September 2026No. 1188
- Day after: 13 September 2026No. 1190
Questions, answered briefly
What were the Connections answers for 12 September 2026?
Yellow (ways to personalize a car): BUMPER STICKER, FUZZY DICE, HOOD ORNAMENT, VANITY PLATE. Green (people in an online forum): LURKER, POSTER, SPAMMER, TROLL. Blue (things that blink): CURSOR, EYELIDS, SMOKE DETECTOR, TURN SIGNAL. Purple (___ alert): NERD, RED, SPOILER, WEATHER.
Which group was hardest?
Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was ___ alert.