No Connections answers for October 8, 2026
Puzzle 5 had 3 word families, each from one older word, and 2 loners that only look related.
The families
probareLatinPROVE · PROBE · PROOF · PROBABLE
finisLatinFINE · FINAL · FINISH · FINANCE
spirareLatinSPIRIT · SPRITE · INSPIRE
No connections
finch comes from Old English finc. Nothing to do with endings.
spiral comes from Greek speira, 'a coil'. Nothing to do with breath.
FINCH
SPIRAL