Monday 5 October 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 groupKIBBEH, FATTOUSH, MANSAF and LABNEH are all Lebanese dishes - the most direct link on the board.
Green - mediumTEMPEH, KOMBUCHA, SAUERKRAUT and MISO are all fermented foods.
Blue - harderPERNOD, CAMPARI, APEROL and DUBONNET are all aperitifs.
Purple - the trickiest groupEach word goes in front of TEA to make a word or phrase: HERBAL + TEA, BUBBLE + TEA, ICED + TEA and CHAMOMILE + TEA.
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.