Monday 21 September 2026 · daily word connections puzzle
Spoilers below: all four groups and their words. Want to try it first? This puzzle is still free to play in the archive.
Yellow - the most straightforward groupCITATION, FOOTNOTE, BIBLIOGRAPHY and ABSTRACT all fit the group academic writing.
Green - mediumFREEWARE, MALWARE, FIRMWARE and SHAREWARE are all software types.
Blue - harderDETENTION, SUSPENSION, EXPULSION and WARNING all fit the group school behavior.
Purple - the trickiest groupEach word can follow DESK PAD to make a word or phrase: DESK PAD + MOUSE, DESK PAD + CALENDAR, DESK PAD + BLOTTER and DESK PAD + ORGANIZER.
Cluster gives you 16 words that hide four groups of four. Yellow is the most straightforward group and purple the trickiest, with green and blue in between. You can make four mistakes. New to it? Read how to play Cluster.