The answer to NYT Connections #1187 for Wednesday, September 10, 2026, is out. Today’s puzzle leans tricky – the Purple group in particular hides a wordplay twist that will catch many solvers off guard. If you are still working through it, the hints below give you a nudge before the full solutions.
Hints for Connections #1187
Before the spoilers, here are four clues – one per group:
- Yellow: These are all elements from the periodic table.
- Green: You might see each of these things poking out of a window.
- Blue: A legendary New Jersey rock icon put his name on all of these.
- Purple: Each answer ends with a word that means “happening now.”
NYT Connections Answers for September 10, 2026
Here are all four groups for Connections #1187:
Yellow – Chemical Elements: ACTINIUM, KRYPTON, LEAD, SULFUR
Green – What you might see sticking out of a window: AIR CONDITIONER, CATIO, CLOTHESLINE, FLOWER BOX
Blue – Bruce Springsteen classics: ATLANTIC CITY, BADLANDS, BORN TO RUN, THUNDER ROAD
Purple – Ending in synonyms for “happening now”: ADULT CONTEMPORARY, ALTERNATING CURRENT, REPRESENT, SEXTANT
The Purple group is today’s sneaky one. ADULT CONTEMPORARY ends in CONTEMPORARY, ALTERNATING CURRENT ends in CURRENT, REPRESENT ends in PRESENT, and SEXTANT ends in EXTANT – all four are synonyms meaning “existing or occurring now.” The Blue group is a pure Springsteen deep-cut test: ATLANTIC CITY and THUNDER ROAD belong to his early catalogue, while BORN TO RUN is arguably his signature song and BADLANDS comes from Darkness on the Edge of Town.
The Green group is more visual than lexical – think of a New York apartment block in summer, and each answer makes immediate sense. The Yellow group is the most straightforward: four chemical elements, though ACTINIUM is obscure enough to trip up solvers who do not regularly visit the periodic table.
If you want more daily puzzle help, check out yesterday’s NYT Connections answers for September 9, the Wordle answer for September 9, and the NYT Strands hints and answer for September 9.
