Thursday 22 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 groupSLIM, NARROW, SPINDLY and SCRAWNY are all synonyms for "thin" - the most direct link on the board.
Green - mediumEach word goes in front of POST to make a word or phrase: FENCE + POST, SIGN + POST, LAMP + POST and GATE + POST.
Blue - harderA sound-alike group: say each word out loud and it sounds like a different word: FOR sounds like four, TOO sounds like two, WON sounds like one and ATE sounds like eight.
Purple - the trickiest groupFACE, HAND, TICK and SPRING all fit parts of a clock. As the purple group it is the hardest link to spot, often because some of these words look as if they belong elsewhere.
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.