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September 19, 2026 Puzzle Breakdown

Four groups, four words each — here's the connections between today's words.

We are easing you in with words that all follow hair to make familiar compound terms or grooming accessories. A clip and a tie will keep it in place, an extension adds some volume, and a ball is what your cat leaves on the carpet. It is the gentlest grouping on the board today, provided you did not overthink it.

If you spent too much time looking for figurative meanings, you overthought this relatively straightforward set. Tire, rim, brake, and hubcap are all physical components found at the wheel assembly of an ordinary car. It sits comfortably in the middle of the pack today as a reminder that sometimes things are just car parts.

You probably recognized the pedigree instantly, even if the price tags are well out of reach. Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, and Pagani are all iconic Italian sportscars built for speed, luxury, and making excessive noise on winding European roads. Pagani might have given you brief pause compared to the household names, but Modena has plenty of horsepower to spare.

If you found yourself staring at these four obscure-looking proper nouns and wondering what language they belonged to, you were looking in the wrong quadrant of pop culture. The hardest solve of the day simply assembled the original 1984 paranormal exterminators by their last names: Venkman, Stantz, Spengler, and Zeddemore. Once you crossed the streams of 80s cinema and comedy, who else were you going to call?