Tuesday 20 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 groupCHEDDAR, BRIE, GOUDA and FETA are all types of cheese - the most direct link on the board.
Green - mediumMURMUR, WHISPER, MUTTER and MUMBLE are all words meaning "to speak quietly".
Blue - harderEach word goes in front of UP to make a word or phrase: CHEER + UP, STAND + UP, GIVE + UP and WAKE + UP.
Purple - the trickiest groupThe link is in the spelling, not the meaning: each word has the letters END hidden inside it - FRIEND, DEPEND, LEGEND and EXTEND.
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.