Connections #1189 answer — September 12, 2026

Saturday, September 12, 2026 · #1189

Connections #1189, edited by Wyna Liu, runs from ways to personalize a car in yellow to ___ alert in purple.

Today's board, solved

All four groups

How today's puzzle plays

Yellow — WAYS TO PERSONALIZE A CAR: BUMPER STICKER, FUZZY DICE, HOOD ORNAMENT, VANITY PLATE.

Green — PEOPLE IN AN ONLINE FORUM: LURKER, POSTER, SPAMMER, TROLL.

Blue — THINGS THAT BLINK: CURSOR, EYELIDS, SMOKE DETECTOR, TURN SIGNAL.

Purple — ___ ALERT: NERD, RED, SPOILER, WEATHER.

The purple title has a blank in it, so each purple word completes the phrase ___ ALERT rather than sharing a meaning.

Purple groups often depend on how a word is spelled or what it completes, so read the leftovers as letters, not meanings.

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