Connections #1193 Answers
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1193 for Wednesday, September 16, 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): ending in metal elements
- Green: starting with u.s. coins
- Blue: poets' middle names
- Purple (hardest): sausages plus a letter
Answers
ENDING IN METAL ELEMENTS
LATIN, LONG JOHN SILVER, MARIGOLD, STEAM IRON
STARTING WITH U.S. COINS
DIMENSION, NICKELODEON, PENNYWISE, QUARTERBACK
POETS' MIDDLE NAMES
BARRETT, CARLOS, ST. VINCENT, WADSWORTH
SAUSAGES PLUS A LETTER
BORAT, CLINK, FRANK-N-FURTER, WIDENER
Previous Connections answers
- #1192 — instruct, parts of a whistling kettle, undercover operative, things that appear at the end
- #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"
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