Yellow group
Most direct
First nudge
Visit an artist's studio full of statues.
Stronger nudge
What a statue might be made from, whether cast, carved or modelled.
Group name
Sculpture media
Connections hint #1204: September 27, 2026
Step-by-step hints and answers for Connections #1204, from Sunday, September 27, 2026.
Sunday's board has three groups that split cleanly once you see them, but the purple group is where most streaks will wobble. Its four entries look unrelated, and one even has an unusual spelling. The link is hidden in how each one ends.
- Wu-tang
- Carrier
- Homing
- Booth
- Stool
- Marble
- Bbqing
- Operator
- Clay
- Banquette
- Network
- Chair
- Lohan
- Bronze
- Provider
- Plaster
Hints for Connections #1204
Open one step at a time. Step three names the group, so stop earlier if you want more of a challenge. New to the color system? Here is what the four colors mean.
Green group
Fairly direct
First nudge
The host asks where you'd like to sit tonight.
Stronger nudge
Every one is something a diner could sit on.
Group name
Restaurant seating options
Blue group
Takes some thought
First nudge
Think about who sends you a phone bill each month.
Stronger nudge
Words for the company behind your mobile signal.
Group name
Telecom
Purple group
Trickiest
First nudge
Look only at the last few letters of each word.
Stronger nudge
Each ending names a ruling family from China's imperial past.
Group name
Ending in chinese dynasties
Show the trap
A phone company is also called a carrier, but so is anything that carries something, and a booth can be a phone booth. Resist building a telephone group from the seating words; the telecom set is made up entirely of business terms.
More ways to dodge red herrings: our Connections tips.
Word meanings
Some meanings point toward a group, so they stay hidden until you open them.
Show meanings for 6 tricky words
- Banquette
- A long upholstered bench, usually built along a restaurant wall.
- Plaster
- A paste of powder and water that hardens as it dries, used for casts and moulds.
- Homing
- Able to find the way back home, as in a homing pigeon.
- Bbqing
- Informal spelling of barbecuing: cooking food over a grill.
- Wu-tang
- The name of a well-known hip-hop group from New York.
- Lohan
- A surname best known from a Hollywood actor. Here it matters only for its last three letters.
Answers for Connections #1204
This section shows all four groups. Only open it if you're finished or ready to give up.
Show all four groups
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Sculpture media
Bronze, Clay, Marble, Plaster
Four materials sculptors work in: one cast metal, one soft earth, one carved stone and one quick-setting powder mixed with water.
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Restaurant seating options
Banquette, Booth, Chair, Stool
Places to sit in a restaurant, from a padded bench along the wall to a seat at the bar.
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Telecom
Carrier, Network, Operator, Provider
All four are industry terms for the business that supplies phone or data service.
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Ending in chinese dynasties
Bbqing, Homing, Lohan, Wu-tang
The endings spell four dynasties: bbQING (Qing), hoMING (Ming), loHAN (Han) and wu-TANG (Tang).
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Answers checked in the official game by Alan. This puzzle appeared on Sunday, September 27, 2026.
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