Connections #1202 Answers
Friday, September 25, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1202 for Friday, September 25, 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): luxe
- Green: parts of a mechanical clock
- Blue: famous dans
- Purple (hardest): taxonomic ranks plus a letter
Answers
LUXE
BOUGIE, FANCY, POSH, SWANK
PARTS OF A MECHANICAL CLOCK
ESCAPEMENT, PENDULUM, RATCHET, SPRING
FAMOUS DANS
AYKROYD, LEVY, RATHER, SAVAGE
TAXONOMIC RANKS PLUS A LETTER
BORDER, CLASSY, FOAMILY, GENIUS
Previous Connections answers
- #1201 — parts of a vampire costume, things with spring/s, featuring pointing, anagrams
- #1200 — things you grab before leaving the house, website hurdles, things that come in cans, ending in synonyms for "term"
- #1199 — demonstratives, embellishment, options on a multiple choice survey, beverages with acute accents removed
- #1198 — email buttons, ways to attract fish, chess verbs, starts of composers' names
- #1197 — round flat things, associated with kentucky, vampire movies, ___boards you ride on
- #1196 — widen one's scope, features of a kid's drawing, associated with swinging london in the 1960s, starting with abbreviated math functions
Browse every past puzzle in the Connections answer archive.