Connections Hints for October 9, 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.

POWERGUITARCONDITIONERVOLUMEBLOWOUTKISSSWEEPHIGHLIGHTSSCORESQUOTESINPUTSTATSCHANNELROMPRECAPROUT

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 Decisive Victory.

Hint 3: Green group theme

The green group is Controlled By A Tv Remote.

Hint 4: Blue group theme

The blue group is Features Of A Sports Show.

Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme

The purple group is Air ___.

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Decisive Victory

BLOWOUT, ROMP, ROUT, SWEEP

Controlled By A Tv Remote

CHANNEL, INPUT, POWER, VOLUME

Features Of A Sports Show

HIGHLIGHTS, RECAP, SCORES, STATS

Air ___

CONDITIONER, GUITAR, KISS, QUOTES

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): Decisive Victory

BLOWOUT: (slang, chiefly sports) A contest that is decidedly one-sided; an overwhelming victory.
ROMP: (intransitive) To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
ROUT: (originally military) The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorg...
SWEEP: (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.

Green: Controlled By A Tv Remote

CHANNEL: Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
INPUT: Data fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the output of that process.
POWER: The ability to do or undergo something.
VOLUME: A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic ...

Blue: Features Of A Sports Show

HIGHLIGHTS: Summary of an event, such as a sporting event, focussing on the most entertaining or consequential aspects; compilati...
RECAP: A recapitulation.
SCORES: (slang, UK) A bag of cannabis worth £20.
STATS: (roleplaying games, video games slang) Attributes of a unit in a game (e.g. health, damage output)

Purple (hardest): Air ___

CONDITIONER: Hair conditioner.
GUITAR: (music) A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played...
KISS: (transitive) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as pa...
QUOTES: Quotation marks.