Connections Hints for September 26, 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.

MINTPRESSGRAINBEANSSTARCHCATCUCUMBERRINGSGUMFOLDKNOTSCUSTOMERWASHMOUTHWASHBURLSPRAY

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 Breath Fresheners.

Hint 3: Green group theme

The green group is Things Done To A Dress Shirt At The Laundry.

Hint 4: Blue group theme

The blue group is Features Of Wood.

Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme

The purple group is "cool" Things, In Expressions.

Show all four answers

Breath Fresheners

GUM, MINT, MOUTHWASH, SPRAY

Things Done To A Dress Shirt At The Laundry

FOLD, PRESS, STARCH, WASH

Features Of Wood

BURL, GRAIN, KNOTS, RINGS

"cool" Things, In Expressions

BEANS, CAT, CUCUMBER, CUSTOMER

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): Breath Fresheners

GUM: (chiefly uncountable) Chewing gum.
MINT: A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
MOUTHWASH: A liquid used to clean one's mouth.
SPRAY: A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.

Green: Things Done To A Dress Shirt At The Laundry

FOLD: (transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
PRESS: An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
STARCH: (uncountable) A widely diffused vegetable substance, found especially in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. ...
WASH: (transitive) To clean with water.

Blue: Features Of Wood

BURL: A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot.
GRAIN: (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
KNOTS: A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one o...
RINGS: (gymnastics) A gymnastics apparatus and discipline consisting of two rings suspended from a bar.

Purple (hardest): "cool" Things, In Expressions

BEANS: (slang, chiefly in the negative) An insignificant value or amount.
CAT: Terms relating to animals.
CUCUMBER: The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.
CUSTOMER: A patron, a client; a person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, o...