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Connections answers for 21 September 2026
Monday, 21 September 2026 · Puzzle 1198
All four groups for puzzle 1198. This page shows the answers in full.
Yellow: email buttons
COMPOSEDRAFTSSENTSPAM
Green: ways to attract fish
CHUMFLYSPINNERWORM
Blue: chess verbs
CAPTURECASTLECHECKMATE
Purple: starts of composers' names
BEETBRAHCHOPVIVA
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 COMPOSE.
- Yellow is about: email buttons.
- Green is about: ways to attract fish.
- Blue is about: chess verbs.
- Purple is about: starts of composers' names.
Neighbouring days
- Day before: 20 September 2026No. 1197
- Day after: 22 September 2026No. 1199
Questions, answered briefly
What were the Connections answers for 21 September 2026?
Yellow (email buttons): COMPOSE, DRAFTS, SENT, SPAM. Green (ways to attract fish): CHUM, FLY, SPINNER, WORM. Blue (chess verbs): CAPTURE, CASTLE, CHECK, MATE. Purple (starts of composers' names): BEET, BRAH, CHOP, VIVA.
Which group was hardest?
Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was starts of composers' names.