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Connections answers for 26 September 2026

Saturday, 26 September 2026 · Puzzle 1203

All four groups for puzzle 1203. This page shows the answers in full.

Yellow: breath fresheners

GUMMINTMOUTHWASHSPRAY

Green: things done to a dress shirt at the laundry

FOLDPRESSSTARCHWASH

Blue: features of wood

BURLGRAINKNOTSRINGS

Purple: "cool" things, in expressions

BEANSCATCUCUMBERCUSTOMER

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 GUM.
  2. Yellow is about: breath fresheners.
  3. Green is about: things done to a dress shirt at the laundry.
  4. Blue is about: features of wood.
  5. Purple is about: "cool" things, in expressions.

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Questions, answered briefly

What were the Connections answers for 26 September 2026?

Yellow (breath fresheners): GUM, MINT, MOUTHWASH, SPRAY. Green (things done to a dress shirt at the laundry): FOLD, PRESS, STARCH, WASH. Blue (features of wood): BURL, GRAIN, KNOTS, RINGS. Purple ("cool" things, in expressions): BEANS, CAT, CUCUMBER, CUSTOMER.

Which group was hardest?

Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was "cool" things, in expressions.

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