What is the NYT Connections answer for September 5 (#1182)?

The four groups are MOVE UNSTEADILY (SWAY, TODDLE, TOTTER, WOBBLE); BIRD ONOMATOPOEIA (COO, GOBBLE, HONK, WARBLE); ___HEAD (BOBBLE, HAMMER, JUG, SLEEPY); DESSERTS MINUS LAST LETTER (COBBLE, PI, TAR, TORT).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "DESSERTS MINUS LAST LETTER" — is the trickiest, as it usually relies on wordplay or a hidden connection rather than a straightforward category.

What do the Connections colors mean?

Yellow is the easiest group, then green, then blue, and purple is the hardest — often involving wordplay or a hidden twist.

Saturday, September 5, 2026#1182

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Saturday, September 5

DailyWordHints Editorial September 5

MOVE UNSTEADILY

Easiest

BIRD ONOMATOPOEIA

Easy

___HEAD

Tricky

DESSERTS MINUS LAST LETTER

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are MOVE UNSTEADILY (yellow), BIRD ONOMATOPOEIA (green), ___HEAD (blue), DESSERTS MINUS LAST LETTER (purple).

SLEEPY

HONK

BOBBLE

GOBBLE

WARBLE

COBBLE

WOBBLE

TAR

HAMMER

TODDLE

COO

SWAY

JUG

TORT

TOTTER

Hints by group

yellowEasiest

greenEasy

blueTricky

purpleHardest

Full answers below

Today’s answers

yellowEasiest

greenEasy

blueTricky

purpleHardest

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Today's Connections hints (no answers yet)

Here are spoiler-free nudges for NYT Connections #1182, Saturday, September 5. Reveal one color at a time and work from the easiest group (yellow) to the trickiest (purple).

How to use these hints

Each clue is written so it never names any of the sixteen words — it just points you in the right direction. Open the full answer only once you're truly stuck.

Strategy for solving today's grid

Lock in the group you're most confident about first to shrink the board, but resist the obvious four-of-a-kind — the puzzle almost always plants a word that fits two themes. Save the purple group for last; it usually hides the wordplay twist.

Frequently asked questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for September 5 (#1182)?: The four groups are MOVE UNSTEADILY (SWAY, TODDLE, TOTTER, WOBBLE); BIRD ONOMATOPOEIA (COO, GOBBLE, HONK, WARBLE); ___HEAD (BOBBLE, HAMMER, JUG, SLEEPY); DESSERTS MINUS LAST LETTER (COBBLE, PI, TAR, TORT).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "DESSERTS MINUS LAST LETTER" — is the trickiest, as it usually relies on wordplay or a hidden connection rather than a straightforward category.
What do the Connections colors mean?: Yellow is the easiest group, then green, then blue, and purple is the hardest — often involving wordplay or a hidden twist.