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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
- Yellow is the easiest group and purple the hardest. One yellow word is LATIN.
- Yellow is about: ending in metal elements.
- Green is about: starting with u.s. coins.
- Blue is about: poets' middle names.
- Purple is about: sausages plus a letter.
Neighbouring days
- Day before: 15 September 2026No. 1192
- Day after: 17 September 2026No. 1194
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.