Why this word appears in Connections
In Connections #1213 on October 6, 2026, ADIRONDACK belongs to the green group KINDS OF CHAIRS with EAMES, WINDSOR and WINGBACK. Each tile can identify a chair type or design. The useful reading here is Adirondack chair, even if the New York place name is the association you recognize first.
Puzzles featuring this word
What features identify an Adirondack chair?
The back rises in slats, the arms provide wide resting surfaces, and the seat is lower at its rear than at its front. Taken together, those features describe the lawn-chair form recorded by Merriam-Webster.
The invented example 'They set two Adirondack chairs on the lawn' uses the full furniture name. The puzzle supplies only ADIRONDACK, leaving you to recognize the shared chair category.
How do EAMES, WINDSOR and WINGBACK fit?
WINDSOR identifies a wooden chair with a spindle back. WINGBACK identifies an upholstered armchair with a high back and side sections. EAMES points to chair designs associated with Charles and Ray Eames, including their lounge chair.
The category accepts both chair styles and a design name. It does not require every entry to describe the same silhouette or to come from the same geographical area. That is why the furniture reading explains the whole group more precisely than a place-name connection.
How is the chair name related to New York?
The chair term takes its name from the Adirondack Mountains. Adirondack Park is another name readers may encounter in the same New York regional context; the park and the mountain range are distinct geographical references.
For the park reference, the New York State Adirondack Park Agency provides an official overview. On this word page, the geographical point is the chair's mountain namesake; the dated puzzle uses the furniture meaning.
New York State Adirondack Park Agency — About the Adirondack Park
How do you pronounce it?
Say ad-uh-RON-dak, with the main stress on RON. Merriam-Webster records that stress pattern for Adirondack chair; add the ordinary word chair when saying the full furniture name.
Where the word comes from
Merriam-Webster identifies the Adirondack Mountains in New York as the namesake of Adirondack chair. That geographical naming link explains why the furniture term can also look like a place reference.
Frequently asked questions
What does ADIRONDACK mean in Connections #1213?
It identifies an Adirondack chair. The tile belongs with EAMES, WINDSOR and WINGBACK in KINDS OF CHAIRS, using the furniture sense of each entry.
What does an Adirondack chair look like?
The conventional form is a wooden lawn chair with a tall slatted back, wide armrests and a seat lower at the back than at the front. Those features distinguish the chair sense used here.
How do you pronounce Adirondack?
A plain-English guide is ad-uh-RON-dak, stressing RON. Merriam-Webster records that pattern in its entry for Adirondack chair.
Is the chair named after Adirondack Park?
Merriam-Webster gives the Adirondack Mountains in New York as the chair name's source. Adirondack Park is a separate regional reference, so keep the mountain namesake precise.
Sources & further reading
- Merriam-Webster — Adirondack chair, meaning, pronunciation and word history
- Collins — Adirondack chair, construction and mountain namesake
- Merriam-Webster — Windsor chair
- Merriam-Webster — wing chair / wingback chair
- Eames Foundation — Lounge Chair and Ottoman
- New York State Adirondack Park Agency — About the Adirondack Park
- The New York Times — Connections