Sunday 19 July 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 groupCAPE, JOHANNESBURG, DURBAN and PRETORIA are all South Africa cities - the most direct link on the board.
Green - mediumCARAT, CLARITY, ROUGH and BRILLIANT are all diamond industry terms.
Blue - harderDIAMOND, GOLD, EMERALD and SAPPHIRE are all things that are precious.
Purple - the trickiest groupEach word can follow CAPE to make a word or phrase: CAPE + TOWN, CAPE + HORN, CAPE + GREEN and CAPE + FEAR.
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.