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Connections answers for 18 September 2026

Friday, 18 September 2026 · Puzzle 1195

All four groups for puzzle 1195. This page shows the answers in full.

Yellow: segment of a process

PHASEROUNDSTAGESTEP

Green: assortments of food/drink

FLIGHTMEDLEYPLATTERSAMPLER

Blue: parts of a flight

BOARDINGCRUISELANDINGTAKEOFF

Purple: ___case

BRIEFPILLOWSTAIRUPPER

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 PHASE.
  2. Yellow is about: segment of a process.
  3. Green is about: assortments of food/drink.
  4. Blue is about: parts of a flight.
  5. Purple is about: ___case.

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Questions, answered briefly

What were the Connections answers for 18 September 2026?

Yellow (segment of a process): PHASE, ROUND, STAGE, STEP. Green (assortments of food/drink): FLIGHT, MEDLEY, PLATTER, SAMPLER. Blue (parts of a flight): BOARDING, CRUISE, LANDING, TAKEOFF. Purple (___case): BRIEF, PILLOW, STAIR, UPPER.

Which group was hardest?

Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was ___case.

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