Saturday 17 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 groupRED, ORANGE, YELLOW and GREEN are all colours of the rainbow - the most direct link on the board.
Green - mediumPAGE, CHAPTER, INDEX and SPINE are all parts of a book.
Blue - harderThe link is in the spelling, not the meaning: each word has the letters ARM hidden inside it - CHARM, ALARM, HARM and FARM.
Purple - the trickiest groupEach word can follow FOOT to make a word or phrase: FOOT + BALL, FOOT + LIGHT, FOOT + NOTE and FOOT + PRINT.
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.