No Connections answers for October 6, 2026
Puzzle 3 had 3 word families, each from one older word, and 3 loners that only look related.
The families
centumLatinCENT · CENTURY · PERCENT · CENTURION
populusLatinPEOPLE · POPULAR · POPULATE
navisLatinNAVY · NAVAL · NAVIGATE
No connections
scent comes from French sentir, 'to feel, to smell'. The c crept in during the 1600s.
poplar comes from Latin pōpulus, the tree, a different word from populus, 'the people'.
navel comes from Old English nafela. Nothing to do with ships.
SCENT
POPLAR
NAVEL