Wednesday 23 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 groupLOBSTER, MUSSEL, CLAM and PRAWN all fit the group shellfish.
Green - mediumBECHAMEL, VELOUTE, BEURRE and DEMI are all French sauces.
Blue - harderSPRITE, FANTA, TONIC and GINGER are all soft drinks.
Purple - the trickiest groupEach word can follow POT to make a word or phrase: POT + ROAST, POT + PIE, POT + LUCK and POT + HOLDER.
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.