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Saturday, September 19, 2026
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — September 19, 2026
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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BRANCH OUT
CARNABY STREET
COS LETTUCE
DIVERSIFY
EXPAND
GROW
HOUSE
LOG CABIN
MINISKIRT
MOD
SIN CITY
STICK FIGURE
SUN
TAN LINE
TREE
TWIGGY
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
WIDEN ONE'S SCOPEStraightforward
FEATURES OF A KID'S DRAWINGModerate
ASSOCIATED WITH SWINGING LONDON IN THE 1960STricky
STARTING WITH ABBREVIATED MATH FUNCTIONSDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
WIDEN ONE'S SCOPEStraightforward
THESE WORDS ALL MEAN TO EXTEND YOUR REACH OR TRY NEW THINGS+ 3 more…
FEATURES OF A KID'S DRAWINGModerate
CLASSIC ELEMENTS YOU'D SEE IN A CHILD'S CRAYON MASTERPIECE+ 3 more…
ASSOCIATED WITH SWINGING LONDON IN THE 1960STricky
ICONS AND HALLMARKS OF 1960S BRITISH POP CULTURE+ 3 more…
STARTING WITH ABBREVIATED MATH FUNCTIONSDevious
EACH PHRASE SECRETLY BEGINS WITH A TRIGONOMETRY ABBREVIATION+ 3 more…
Full solution
WIDEN ONE'S SCOPEStraightforward
BRANCH OUT,DIVERSIFY,EXPAND,GROW
BRANCH OUT, DIVERSIFY, EXPAND, and GROW all mean to widen one's scope or extend beyond current limits
FEATURES OF A KID'S DRAWINGModerate
HOUSE,STICK FIGURE,SUN,TREE
HOUSE, STICK FIGURE, SUN, and TREE are the quintessential subjects found in children's drawings
ASSOCIATED WITH SWINGING LONDON IN THE 1960STricky
CARNABY STREET,MINISKIRT,MOD,TWIGGY
CARNABY STREET, MINISKIRT, MOD, and TWIGGY are all closely associated with the Swinging London scene of the 1960s
STARTING WITH ABBREVIATED MATH FUNCTIONSDevious
COS LETTUCE,LOG CABIN,SIN CITY,TAN LINE
COS lettuce (cosine), LOG cabin (logarithm), SIN city (sine), and TAN line (tangent) each begin with an abbreviated math function