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Connections answers for 5 September 2026

Saturday, 5 September 2026 · Puzzle 1182

All four groups for puzzle 1182. This page shows the answers in full.

Yellow: move unsteadily

SWAYTODDLETOTTERWOBBLE

Green: bird onomatopoeia

COOGOBBLEHONKWARBLE

Blue: ___head

BOBBLEHAMMERJUGSLEEPY

Purple: desserts minus last letter

COBBLEPITARTORT

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 SWAY.
  2. Yellow is about: move unsteadily.
  3. Green is about: bird onomatopoeia.
  4. Blue is about: ___head.
  5. Purple is about: desserts minus last letter.

Neighbouring days

Questions, answered briefly

What were the Connections answers for 5 September 2026?

Yellow (move unsteadily): SWAY, TODDLE, TOTTER, WOBBLE. Green (bird onomatopoeia): COO, GOBBLE, HONK, WARBLE. Blue (___head): BOBBLE, HAMMER, JUG, SLEEPY. Purple (desserts minus last letter): COBBLE, PI, TAR, TORT.

Which group was hardest?

Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was desserts minus last letter.

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