Sunday 9 August 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 groupBAKER, BUTCHER, CANDLESTICK and TINKER are all nursery rhyme professions - the most direct link on the board.
Green - mediumDRYAD, NAIAD, NEREID and OCEANID are all Greek nymphs.
Blue - harderBEAST, FROG, SWAN and DONKEY are all fairy tale transformations.
Purple - the trickiest groupEach word can follow GOLD to make a word or phrase: GOLD + DUST, GOLD + FISH, GOLD + RUSH and GOLD + DIGGER.
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.