Connections #1189 Answers
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1189 for Saturday, September 12, 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): ways to personalize a car
- Green: people in an online forum
- Blue: things that blink
- Purple (hardest): ___ alert
Answers
WAYS TO PERSONALIZE A CAR
BUMPER STICKER, FUZZY DICE, HOOD ORNAMENT, VANITY PLATE
PEOPLE IN AN ONLINE FORUM
LURKER, POSTER, SPAMMER, TROLL
THINGS THAT BLINK
CURSOR, EYELIDS, SMOKE DETECTOR, TURN SIGNAL
___ ALERT
NERD, RED, SPOILER, WEATHER
Previous Connections answers
- #1188 — people hired for an event, internalize, ways to practice self-care, things that are pushed metaphorically
- #1187 — chemical elements, what you might see sticking out of a window, bruce springsteen classics, ending in synonyms for "happening now"
- #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
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