NYT Connections #1184 answer & hints: Monday, September 7, 2026

Updated: Monday, September 7, 2026 · Hints reviewed by Omer Liban · New puzzle daily at midnight US Eastern Time (5am UK). · Puzzle editor: Wyna Liu.

This page has every level of help for the NYT Connections puzzle #1184 of Monday, September 7, 2026: 3 spoiler-free hint tiers that narrow things down step by step, followed by the complete answers with explanations — each behind its own tap-to-reveal card.

Stuck on today's Connections? Work through the hint tiers below — each one gives away a little more, so you can get exactly as much help as you want and still keep the win.

New to Connections? The four answer groups are colour-coded by difficulty: 🟡 yellow is the easiest, then 🟢 green, 🔵 blue, and 🟣 purple — the trickiest, usually built on wordplay. The hints below use those colours.

Connections hints (September 7, 2026)

1One word from each group

Yellow (easiest): one of its words is “FABRICATION”.
Green (easy): one of its words is “CUP”.
Blue (tricky): one of its words is “CAR AIR FRESHENER”.
Purple (trickiest, usually wordplay): one of its words is “PLUTONIUM”.

2Category hints (no answers)

Yellow (easiest): the theme is “Quite the saga”.
Green (easy): the theme is “Parts of a bra”.
Blue (tricky): the theme is “Associated with pine trees”.
Purple (trickiest, usually wordplay): the theme is “Starting with disney characters”.

3One full group revealed

Yellow (easiest) — the connection is “Quite the saga”, and its four words are: FABRICATION, FISH STORY, TALL TALE, YARN.

Connections answers — September 7, 2026 (#1184)

★Today's full Connections answers, explained

Yellow (easiest) — the connection is “Quite the saga”. The words: FABRICATION, FISH STORY, TALL TALE, YARN.
Green (easy) — the connection is “Parts of a bra”. The words: CUP, HOOK, STRAP, UNDERWIRE.
Blue (tricky) — the connection is “Associated with pine trees”. The words: CAR AIR FRESHENER, CHRISTMAS, NEEDLES, TURPENTINE.
Purple (trickiest, usually wordplay) — the connection is “Starting with disney characters”. The words: PLUTONIUM, SCAR TISSUE, STITCH MARKER, TRAMPOLINE.

The puzzle, explained

The purple group was deviously clever because each word starts with a Disney character's name: **Pluto**nium, **Scar** tissue, **Stitch** marker, and **Tramp**oline. It's pure wordplay—you had to think beyond the puzzle grid and recognize those character names hiding at the beginning. The real trap was "STITCH MARKER," which could easily trick you into the blue group since knitting supplies might feel connected to needles and Christmas crafts, but it actually belongs with the Disney wordplay. Similarly, "CAR AIR FRESHENER" was begging you to think pine-scented fresheners go with the tree category, when it actually belongs in blue with other pine-related items—though honestly that whole blue group was pretty straightforward once you got past the bait.

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What time does NYT Connections reset?

A new Connections puzzle is released daily at midnight US Eastern Time — that's 5am in the UK (4am during US daylight-saving transitions) and 12:00am for US East Coast players.

What do the Connections colours mean?

Yellow is the easiest group, then green, then blue, and purple is the trickiest — purple usually involves wordplay such as homophones, hidden words or 'words before/after X'.

How many mistakes are allowed in Connections?

You can make four mistakes before the puzzle ends. If you see 'one away…', exactly three of your four selected words belong together.

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