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Connections answers for 16 September 2026

Wednesday, 16 September 2026 · Puzzle 1193

All four groups for puzzle 1193. This page shows the answers in full.

Yellow: ending in metal elements

LATINLONG JOHN SILVERMARIGOLDSTEAM IRON

Green: starting with u.s. coins

DIMENSIONNICKELODEONPENNYWISEQUARTERBACK

Blue: poets' middle names

BARRETTCARLOSST. VINCENTWADSWORTH

Purple: sausages plus a letter

BORATCLINKFRANK-N-FURTERWIDENER

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

  1. Yellow is the easiest group and purple the hardest. One yellow word is LATIN.
  2. Yellow is about: ending in metal elements.
  3. Green is about: starting with u.s. coins.
  4. Blue is about: poets' middle names.
  5. Purple is about: sausages plus a letter.

Neighbouring days

Questions, answered briefly

What were the Connections answers for 16 September 2026?

Yellow (ending in metal elements): LATIN, LONG JOHN SILVER, MARIGOLD, STEAM IRON. Green (starting with u.s. coins): DIMENSION, NICKELODEON, PENNYWISE, QUARTERBACK. Blue (poets' middle names): BARRETT, CARLOS, ST. VINCENT, WADSWORTH. Purple (sausages plus a letter): BORAT, CLINK, FRANK-N-FURTER, WIDENER.

Which group was hardest?

Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was sausages plus a letter.

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