Friday 28 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 groupUMBRA, PENUMBRA, SHADOW and ECLIPSE all fit the group shadow phenomena.
Green - mediumLUNAR, SOLAR, TIDAL and SEASONAL are all time cycles.
Blue - harderCASCADE, CATARACT, TORRENT and RAPIDS are all waterfalls.
Purple - the trickiest groupEach word goes in front of WEATHER to make a word or phrase: FAIR + WEATHER, FOUL + WEATHER, STORMY + WEATHER and SETTLED + WEATHER.
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.