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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, October 31 (game #1238).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #1239) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- HEAD
- TRIPPING
- CANINE
- LOVER
- DOGGY
- SELF
- MATURATED
- PUPPY
- HOUND
- INCISOR
- BROTHERLY
- BICUSPID
- UNREQUITED
- TRENCHED
- MOLAR
- FIEND
NYT Connections today (game #1239) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW:Dental
- GREEN:Romance
- BLUE:Keen on things
- PURPLE:Sodden with something missing
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #1239) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW:KINDS OF TEETH
- GREEN:KINDS OF LOVE
- BLUE:ENTHUSIAST
- PURPLE:SYNONYMS FOR “SOAKED” WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1239) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1239, are…
- YELLOW: KINDS OF TEETH:BICUSPID, CANINE, INCISOR, MOLAR
- GREEN: KINDS OF LOVE:BROTHERLY, PUPPY, SELF, UNREQUITED
- BLUE: ENTHUSIAST:FIEND, HEAD, HOUND, LOVER
- PURPLE: SYNONYMS FOR “SOAKED” WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED:DOGGY, MATURATED, TRENCHED, TRIPPING
- My rating: Hard
- My score:1 mistake
Congratulations if you saw SYNONYMS FOR “SOAKED” WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED and scored yourself a Purple First. Of all the different types of wordplay deployed in this game I find letters changing the hardest to spot.
Having said that, I struggle with basic groups too. Today I included HOUND in the collection of KINDS OF TEETH — I was thinking of the houndstooth checked pattern, obviously.
Thankfully, I redeemed myself after this minor slip up and collected the four synonyms for ENTHUSIST, of which HEAD is my favorite because you can stick it after anything to turn them into a hippy obsessive: “Yeah man, he was a real Connections head.”
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, October 31, 2026, game #1238)
- YELLOW: WORDS MEANING GOOD THAT SOUND BAD:GNARLY, KILLER, SICK, WICKED
- GREEN: MARTINI SPECIFICATIONS:DIRTY, DRY, SHAKEN, UP
- BLUE: THINGS WITH STRINGS:GUITAR, MARIONETTE, TASSEL, TENNIS RACKET
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH DOG COMMANDS:DOWNFALL, SHAKESPEARE, SITCOM, STAYCATION
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
