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Connections September 12, 2026 Answers

Published September 12, 2026Updated 4:16 PM UTC

NYT Connections asks you to find four groups of related words. Puzzle 1285 (September 12, 2026) has these solution sets:

Here are the answers for NYT Connections puzzle 1285 (September 12, 2026), grouped into the four official categories.

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Groups

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