Monday 19 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 groupBREAD, CAKE, PIE and DOUGHNUT are all things found in a bakery - the most direct link on the board.
Green - mediumRADIANT, LUSTROUS, SHINING and BRILLIANT are all synonyms for "bright".
Blue - harderEach word goes in front of KICK to make a word or phrase: SIDE + KICK, BACK + KICK, FREE + KICK and DROP + KICK.
Purple - the trickiest groupA sound-alike group: say each word out loud and it sounds like a different word: BEE sounds like B, SEA sounds like C, EYE sounds like I and JAY sounds like J.
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.