NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, October 17 (game #1224)

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Fri, 16 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Looking for a different day? 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 Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, October 16 (game #1223) . 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. Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here: NYT Connections today (game #1224) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) Today's NYT Connections words are BREA KING SNAP PING STILL PAZ SNOW SHOT BOHME FIDDLER ALERT PRINT CHIME SCALA HERMIT DING NYT Connections today (game #1224) - hint #1 - group hints What are some clues for today's NYT
Connections groups? YELLOW: Your phone wants your attention GREEN: Images BLUE: Types of marine beastie PURPLE: Missing a word that means the 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 Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. NYT Connections today (game #1224) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: DIGITAL NOTIFICATIONS GREEN: PHOTO BLUE: KINDS OF CRABS PURPLE: LA_____ Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. TechRadar 5-star reviewed devices
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I decided to go with my second hunch and was rewarded with a Purple First for connecting BREA, PAZ, BOHME, and SCALA. Living in Europe possibly helped.

Having scored a success with this quartet and deciding to ignore the feeling
I was falling into a trap, I submitted CHIME, PING, ALERT and DING. Next, now reduced to eight tiles, the four synonyms for PHOTO were easier to spot a good thing, as my crab knowledge didnt extend beyond HERMIT. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, October 16, 2026, game #1223) YELLOW: SURFACE IMPERFECTIONS: CHIP, MARK, NICK, SCRATCH GREEN: LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES: CHAD, HUNGARY, LAOS, PARAGUAY BLUE: EUROPEAN COUNTRIES MINUS A LETTER: BULGARI, CYRUS, HUNGRY, SPAN PURPLE: STARTING WITH WORDS FOR "STYLISH": CHICKEN, COOLIDGE, HIPPO, SMARTIES 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.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.



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