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Connections Hint and Answers for Saturday, September 5, 2026

Hints and full answers for the New York Times Connections puzzle on Saturday, September 5, 2026. The four category names come first, because knowing what the groups are is usually all it takes — the sixteen words and which group each belongs to are below that, once you want them.

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Hints before the answers

  1. There are four groups of four, and 4 category names are known.
  2. Group 1 starts with the letters S, T, T, W.
  3. Group 2 starts with the letters C, G, H, W.
  4. Group 3 starts with the letters B, H, J, S.

The four categories

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MOVE UNSTEADILY BIRD ONOMATOPOEIA ___HEAD DESSERTS MINUS LAST LETTER4 to find

All 16 answers

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  • SWAY
  • TODDLE
  • TOTTER
  • WOBBLE
  • COO
  • GOBBLE
  • HONK
  • WARBLE
  • BOBBLE
  • HAMMER
  • JUG
  • SLEEPY
  • COBBLE
  • PI
  • TAR
  • TORT

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What is the Connections hint for Saturday, September 5, 2026?

The four categories are MOVE UNSTEADILY, BIRD ONOMATOPOEIA, ___HEAD, DESSERTS MINUS LAST LETTER.

What do the Connections colours mean?

Yellow is the most straightforward group and purple the trickiest, with green and blue in between. The colours are only revealed as you solve, so they are a difficulty ranking rather than a clue.

What are the Connections answers for Saturday, September 5, 2026?

MOVE UNSTEADILY: SWAY, TODDLE, TOTTER, WOBBLE. BIRD ONOMATOPOEIA: COO, GOBBLE, HONK, WARBLE. ___HEAD: BOBBLE, HAMMER, JUG, SLEEPY. DESSERTS MINUS LAST LETTER: COBBLE, PI, TAR, TORT

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