Connections #1186 Answers
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1186 for Wednesday, September 9, 2026. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): hard to understand
- Green: words with "small" prefixes
- Blue: horror movies
- Purple (hardest): words before "force"
Answers
HARD TO UNDERSTAND
BEWILDERING, ESOTERIC, INCOMPREHENSIBLE, OPAQUE
WORDS WITH "SMALL" PREFIXES
MICROBREWERY, MINIVAN, NANOTECHNOLOGY, PICOSECOND
HORROR MOVIES
ARACHNOPHOBIA, HALLOWEEN, IT, SAW
WORDS BEFORE "FORCE"
BRUTE, ELECTROMAGNETIC, G, TASK
Previous Connections answers
- #1185 — classic american performance cars, features of a mime costume, ___ heart, candy bars plus a letter
- #1184 — quite the saga, parts of a bra, associated with pine trees, starting with disney characters
- #1183 — unrestricted permission, places to insert something into on a computer, abbreviations followed by redundant word, ending with ways to carve a surface
- #1182 — move unsteadily, bird onomatopoeia, ___head, desserts minus last letter
- #1181 — spherical things, food whose name is two foods, kinds of eels, accessories inside starting and ending letters
- #1180 — two shakes of a lamb's tail, shades of red, toy car brands, spreadsheet functions
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