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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 Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, October 6 (game #1213).
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 #1214) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- MUSICAL
- CINNAMON
- TRIDENT
- HOT DOG
- STICKY
- SQUIRREL
- MONOLOGUE
- PLAY
- BANK
- DICHOTOMY
- HAMBURGER
- STORE
- CHOREOGRAPHY
- STASH
- ORCHESTRATIONS
- TETRACYCLINE
NYT Connections today (game #1214) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW:Hide it away for later
- GREEN:Types of bread roll
- BLUE:Ancient numerals
- PURPLE:Stage honors
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 #1214) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW:SAVE FOR LATER
- GREEN:KINDS OF BUNS
- BLUE:GREEK NUMERICAL PREFIXES
- PURPLE:BEST _____ TONY AWARDS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1214) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1214, are…
- YELLOW: SAVE FOR LATER:BANK, SQUIRREL, STASH, STORE
- GREEN: KINDS OF BUNS:CINNAMON, HAMBURGER, HOT DOG, STICKY
- BLUE: GREEK NUMERICAL PREFIXES:DICHOTOMY, MONOLOGUE, TETRACYCLINE, TRIDENT
- PURPLE: BEST _____ TONY AWARDS:CHOREOGRAPHY, MUSICAL, ORCHESTRATIONS, PLAY
- My rating: Easy
- My score:Perfect
I decided to play this game a little differently from normal and instead of roaring headlong into guessing groups, I took it slowly and made some notes for each tile.
I am not entirely sure it helped me to achieve a better result — for TRIDENT, I wrote “chewing gum, weapon, mythology”, which missed the fact that it was one of the four tiles featuring GREEK NUMERICAL PREFIXES.
I did get close with the four purple tiles; my note was “something to do with stages”, but I lacked the conviction to connect them and claim a Purple First. If only I’d saved the yellow group for later.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, October 6, 2026, game #1213)
- YELLOW: FINANCIAL FIRMS, FOR SHORT:BERKSHIRE, CITI, GOLDMAN, MERRILL
- GREEN: KINDS OF CHAIRS:ADIRONDACK, EAMES, WINDSOR, WINGBACK
- BLUE: INN HOTELS:COMFORT, DAYS, HAMPTON, HOLIDAY
- PURPLE: ENDING IN TALENTS:CATSKILL, KNICKKNACK, PIANOFORTE, STABILITY
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.
