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.
yellow(the most straightforward group — start here) A group united by what they ARE, not by wordplay — think about firmness.
green(a little trickier, but still direct) A group united by what they ARE, not by wordplay — think about presidents.
blue(where the misdirection usually starts) Say these four out loud — they sound like something else entirely.
purple(the wordplay group, and almost always the last to fall) A group united by what they ARE, not by wordplay — think about landforms.
yellow4 things that belong to the same real-world set — the link is meaning, not spelling.
green4 things that belong to the same real-world set — the link is meaning, not spelling.
blueThe link is how they sound, not how they're spelled.
purple4 things that belong to the same real-world set — the link is meaning, not spelling.
yellowOne member is
greenOne member is
blueOne member is
purpleOne member is
yellow
green
blue
purple
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.