Connections Hints for September 19, 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.

STICK FIGUREMINISKIRTLOG CABINSUNTAN LINEBRANCH OUTHOUSETWIGGYTREEMODSIN CITYGROWCOS LETTUCEEXPANDCARNABY STREETDIVERSIFY

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 Widen One's Scope.

Hint 3: Green group theme

The green group is Features Of A Kid's Drawing.

Hint 4: Blue group theme

The blue group is Associated With Swinging London In The 1960s.

Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme

The purple group is Starting With Abbreviated Math Functions.

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Widen One's Scope

BRANCH OUT, DIVERSIFY, EXPAND, GROW

Features Of A Kid's Drawing

HOUSE, STICK FIGURE, SUN, TREE

Associated With Swinging London In The 1960s

CARNABY STREET, MINISKIRT, MOD, TWIGGY

Starting With Abbreviated Math Functions

COS LETTUCE, LOG CABIN, SIN CITY, TAN LINE

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): Widen One's Scope

BRANCH OUT: (intransitive, idiomatic) To expand one's interests or activities in a new direction.
DIVERSIFY: (transitive, intransitive) To make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance an...
EXPAND: (transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
GROW: (ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.

Green: Features Of A Kid's Drawing

HOUSE: A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
STICK FIGURE: A simple drawing, usually representing a human.
SUN: The star that is closest to the Earth.
TREE: A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, hav...

Blue: Associated With Swinging London In The 1960s

CARNABY STREET: a pedestrianised shopping street in Soho in the City of Westminster, Central London.
MINISKIRT: A short skirt with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level.
MOD: (video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
TWIGGY: (of a person) Thin and angular.

Purple (hardest): Starting With Abbreviated Math Functions

COS LETTUCE: (chiefly UK) Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.
LOG CABIN: A dwelling made from logs; especially, a small and simple one.
SIN CITY: (slang) Nickname for Las Vegas: a desert city, the county seat of Clark County, Nevada, United States.
TAN LINE: the division between skin that has darkened or tanned from exposure to sun and skin that has not been exposed to sun