Connections #1192 Answers
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1192 for Tuesday, September 15, 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): instruct
- Green: parts of a whistling kettle
- Blue: undercover operative
- Purple (hardest): things that appear at the end
Answers
INSTRUCT
COACH, DIRECT, GUIDE, TRAIN
PARTS OF A WHISTLING KETTLE
HANDLE, LID, SPOUT, WHISTLE
UNDERCOVER OPERATIVE
ASSET, MOLE, PLANT, SLEEPER
THINGS THAT APPEAR AT THE END
CABOOSE, DECEMBER, DESSERT, EPILOGUE
Previous Connections answers
- #1191 — waterbirds, informant, common single-use plastic items, ___grass
- #1190 — lacking in firmness, u.s. presidents, words that sound like two letters, ending in elevated landforms
- #1189 — ways to personalize a car, people in an online forum, things that blink, ___ alert
- #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"
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