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Saturday, September 5, 2026
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — September 5, 2026
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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BOBBLE
COBBLE
COO
GOBBLE
HAMMER
HONK
JUG
PI
SLEEPY
SWAY
TAR
TODDLE
TORT
TOTTER
WARBLE
WOBBLE
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
MOVE UNSTEADILYStraightforward
BIRD ONOMATOPOEIAModerate
___HEADTricky
DESSERTS MINUS LAST LETTERDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
MOVE UNSTEADILYStraightforward
THESE WORDS DESCRIBE SHAKY, UNBALANCED MOVEMENT+ 3 more…
BIRD ONOMATOPOEIAModerate
SOUNDS THAT BIRDS MAKE, SPELLED OUT+ 3 more…
___HEADTricky
EACH OF THESE WORDS CAN PRECEDE 'HEAD' TO MAKE A COMPOUND WORD+ 3 more…
DESSERTS MINUS LAST LETTERDevious
THESE ARE DESSERTS WITH THEIR FINAL LETTER REMOVED+ 3 more…
Full solution
MOVE UNSTEADILYStraightforward
SWAY,TODDLE,TOTTER,WOBBLE
SWAY, TODDLE, TOTTER, and WOBBLE all describe moving in an unsteady, wobbly manner
BIRD ONOMATOPOEIAModerate
COO,GOBBLE,HONK,WARBLE
COO (dove/pigeon), GOBBLE (turkey), HONK (goose), and WARBLE (songbird) are all sounds associated with birds
___HEADTricky
BOBBLE,HAMMER,JUG,SLEEPY
BOBBLEHEAD, HAMMERHEAD, JUGHEAD, and SLEEPYHEAD are all common compound words ending in HEAD
DESSERTS MINUS LAST LETTERDevious
COBBLE,PI,TAR,TORT
COBBLE+R=COBBLER, PI+E=PIE, TAR+T=TART, TORT+E=TORTE — each is a dessert with its last letter dropped