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Connections answers for 9 September 2026
Wednesday, 9 September 2026 · Puzzle 1186
All four groups for puzzle 1186. This page shows the answers in full.
Yellow: hard to understand
BEWILDERINGESOTERICINCOMPREHENSIBLEOPAQUE
Green: words with "small" prefixes
MICROBREWERYMINIVANNANOTECHNOLOGYPICOSECOND
Blue: horror movies
ARACHNOPHOBIAHALLOWEENITSAW
Purple: words before "force"
BRUTEELECTROMAGNETICGTASK
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 BEWILDERING.
- Yellow is about: hard to understand.
- Green is about: words with "small" prefixes.
- Blue is about: horror movies.
- Purple is about: words before "force".
Neighbouring days
- Day before: 8 September 2026No. 1185
- Day after: 10 September 2026No. 1187
Questions, answered briefly
What were the Connections answers for 9 September 2026?
Yellow (hard to understand): BEWILDERING, ESOTERIC, INCOMPREHENSIBLE, OPAQUE. Green (words with "small" prefixes): MICROBREWERY, MINIVAN, NANOTECHNOLOGY, PICOSECOND. Blue (horror movies): ARACHNOPHOBIA, HALLOWEEN, IT, SAW. Purple (words before "force"): BRUTE, ELECTROMAGNETIC, G, TASK.
Which group was hardest?
Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was words before "force".