No Connections answers for October 12, 2026
Puzzle 9 had 3 word families, each from one older word, and 3 loners that only look related.
The families
vacuusLatinVACANT · VACUUM · VACATION · EVACUATE
novusLatinNOVEL · NOVICE · INNOVATE · RENOVATE
laborLatinLABOR · LABORATORY · ELABORATE
No connections
vaccine comes from Latin vacca, 'a cow', after the cowpox used in the first vaccine.
november comes from Latin novem, 'nine': it was the ninth month of the Roman year.
label comes from Old French label, 'a ribbon', probably from Frankish.
VACCINE
NOVEMBER
LABEL