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Connections answers for 4 September 2026
Friday, 4 September 2026 · Puzzle 1181
All four groups for puzzle 1181. This page shows the answers in full.
Yellow: spherical things
BOWLING BALLEYEMOONORANGE
Green: food whose name is two foods
CAKE DONUTCANDY CORNCHERRY TOMATOPIZZA PIE
Blue: kinds of eels
CONGERGULPERMORAYRIBBON
Purple: accessories inside starting and ending letters
CRINGYOPINESTIEDTHAT'S
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 BOWLING BALL.
- Yellow is about: spherical things.
- Green is about: food whose name is two foods.
- Blue is about: kinds of eels.
- Purple is about: accessories inside starting and ending letters.
Neighbouring days
- Day before: 3 September 2026No. 1180
- Day after: 5 September 2026No. 1182
Questions, answered briefly
What were the Connections answers for 4 September 2026?
Yellow (spherical things): BOWLING BALL, EYE, MOON, ORANGE. Green (food whose name is two foods): CAKE DONUT, CANDY CORN, CHERRY TOMATO, PIZZA PIE. Blue (kinds of eels): CONGER, GULPER, MORAY, RIBBON. Purple (accessories inside starting and ending letters): CRINGY, OPINE, STIED, THAT'S.
Which group was hardest?
Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was accessories inside starting and ending letters.