Connections #1187 Answers
Thursday, September 10, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1187 for Thursday, September 10, 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): chemical elements
- Green: what you might see sticking out of a window
- Blue: bruce springsteen classics
- Purple (hardest): ending in synonyms for "happening now"
Answers
CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
ACTINIUM, KRYPTON, LEAD, SULFUR
WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE STICKING OUT OF A WINDOW
AIR CONDITIONER, CATIO, CLOTHESLINE, FLOWER BOX
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN CLASSICS
ATLANTIC CITY, BADLANDS, BORN TO RUN, THUNDER ROAD
ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR "HAPPENING NOW"
ADULT CONTEMPORARY, ALTERNATING CURRENT, REPRESENT, SEXTANT
Previous Connections answers
- #1186 — hard to understand, words with "small" prefixes, horror movies, words before "force"
- #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
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