Connections Hints for September 8, 2026: Clues and Answers

Today's Connections has four hidden groups of four. Start with a gentle nudge and only open more if you need it.

PURPLESTRIPESSKORTGLOVESCORVETTEARTICHOKEDOVESMARSHSACREDBERETVIPERTWIXTSUSPENDERSMUSTANGTAKE TOFIREBIRD

Hint 1: One word from each group

Each of these words belongs to a different group.

Hint 2: Yellow (easiest) group theme

The yellow group is Classic American Performance Cars.

Hint 3: Green group theme

The green group is Features Of A Mime Costume.

Hint 4: Blue group theme

The blue group is ___ Heart.

Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme

The purple group is Candy Bars Plus A Letter.

Show all four answers

Classic American Performance Cars

CORVETTE, FIREBIRD, MUSTANG, VIPER

Features Of A Mime Costume

BERET, GLOVES, STRIPES, SUSPENDERS

___ Heart

ARTICHOKE, PURPLE, SACRED, TAKE TO

Candy Bars Plus A Letter

DOVES, MARSH, SKORT, TWIXT

About this puzzle

More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.

Why each word belongs in its group, with a short dictionary meaning where one exists.

Yellow (easiest): Classic American Performance Cars

CORVETTE: (nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of tran...
FIREBIRD: (Slavic mythology) A magical and prophetic glowing or burning bird from a faraway land, which is both a blessing and ...
MUSTANG: A small, hardy, naturalized (feral) horse of the North American west.
VIPER: A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.

Green: Features Of A Mime Costume

BERET: (clothing) A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally ...
GLOVES: the second and final studio album from Australian indie rock/pop rock band Operator Please.
STRIPES: v-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
SUSPENDERS: (US) A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangeme...

Blue: ___ Heart

ARTICHOKE: (countable) A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara car...
PURPLE: A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
SACRED: Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.
TAKE TO: (idiomatic) To begin, as a new habit or practice.

Purple (hardest): Candy Bars Plus A Letter

DOVES: an English indie rock band, formed in Wilmslow, Cheshire in 1998.
MARSH: An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen, morass.)
SKORT: A pair of shorts designed to look like a skirt via the addition of a panel of fabric.
TWIXT: a two-player strategy board game, an early entrant in the 1960s 3M bookshelf game series.