Thursday, September 17, 2026 · #1194
Today's yellow group is elasticity and the purple group is love ___.
Today's board, solved
BOUNCE
FLEXIBILITY
GIVE
SPRING
MINE SHAFT
SEWER LINE
SUBWAY STATION
WELL
FOUNTAIN
PRESTIGE
SHEEP DETECTIVES
WOLVERINE
HANDLES
LANGUAGE
TAP
TRIANGLE
All four groups
Yellow
ELASTICITY
BOUNCE, FLEXIBILITY, GIVE, SPRING
Green
THINGS THAT ARE UNDERGROUND
MINE SHAFT, SEWER LINE, SUBWAY STATION, WELL
Blue
HUGH JACKMAN MOVIES, WITH "THE"
FOUNTAIN, PRESTIGE, SHEEP DETECTIVES, WOLVERINE
Purple
LOVE ___
HANDLES, LANGUAGE, TAP, TRIANGLE
How today's puzzle plays
Yellow — ELASTICITY: BOUNCE, FLEXIBILITY, GIVE, SPRING.
Green — THINGS THAT ARE UNDERGROUND: MINE SHAFT, SEWER LINE, SUBWAY STATION, WELL.
Blue — HUGH JACKMAN MOVIES, WITH "THE": FOUNTAIN, PRESTIGE, SHEEP DETECTIVES, WOLVERINE.
Purple — LOVE ___: HANDLES, LANGUAGE, TAP, TRIANGLE.
The purple title has a blank in it, so each purple word completes the phrase LOVE ___ 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.
Prefer to work it out? Try today's Connections hints, staged so you only see what you ask for.