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NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Sunday, September 13, 2026 (#1190)

Puzzle #1190. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

Just tell me the answer

The NYT Connections answer for Sunday, September 13, 2026 (puzzle #1190) is: YELLOW — LACKING IN FIRMNESS: DROOPY, FLACCID, SAGGING, SLACK. GREEN — U.S. PRESIDENTS: CLEVELAND, GARFIELD, GRANT, MADISON. BLUE — WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE TWO LETTERS: EMPTY, EXCESS, KEWPIE, ODIE. PURPLE — ENDING IN ELEVATED LANDFORMS: DOUBLESPEAK, HEATHCLIFF, PARAMOUNT, PORRIDGE.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Sunday, September 13, 2026. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

PORRIDGE
GARFIELD
DROOPY
EMPTY
HEATHCLIFF
EXCESS
GRANT
SLACK
ODIE
PARAMOUNT
SAGGING
MADISON
FLACCID
KEWPIE
CLEVELAND
DOUBLESPEAK

How hard is Connections #1190?

Medium42/100
  • One category runs on wordplay rather than meaning.

Where to start: Every category here is meaning-based, so group by topic first and use the four-per-group constraint to settle any word that could go two ways.

Connections hints for Sunday, September 13, 2026

Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.

NYT Connections answers for Sunday, September 13, 2026

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Sunday, September 13, 2026?

The NYT Connections answer for Sunday, September 13, 2026 (puzzle #1190) is: YELLOW — LACKING IN FIRMNESS: DROOPY, FLACCID, SAGGING, SLACK. GREEN — U.S. PRESIDENTS: CLEVELAND, GARFIELD, GRANT, MADISON. BLUE — WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE TWO LETTERS: EMPTY, EXCESS, KEWPIE, ODIE. PURPLE — ENDING IN ELEVATED LANDFORMS: DOUBLESPEAK, HEATHCLIFF, PARAMOUNT, PORRIDGE.

What is the purple group in Connections #1190?

The purple (hardest) group is "ENDING IN ELEVATED LANDFORMS": DOUBLESPEAK, HEATHCLIFF, PARAMOUNT, PORRIDGE.

What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "LACKING IN FIRMNESS" — DROOPY, FLACCID, SAGGING, SLACK. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Sunday, September 13, 2026 is NYT Connections puzzle #1190. Connections launched on 12 June 2023 with puzzle #1, and a new puzzle is published every day.

What time does a new NYT Connections puzzle come out?

A new Connections puzzle unlocks at midnight in your own local time zone, so the changeover happens at a different moment around the world. The puzzle itself is the same for everyone on a given date.