NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, October 19 (game #1226)

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Sun, 18 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 Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, October 18 (game #1225) . 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 #1226) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) Today's NYT Connections words are MOHAWK MUFFIN HOT AIR BALLOON RAVE WIND FLURRY STEAM GAS RIB FUME ALIBIS BOIL BLATHER ESCROW NUGGETS NYT Connections today (game #1226) - hint #1 - group hints What are some clues for today's
NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Really angry GREEN: Mouthing off BLUE: Available at Burger Kings rival PURPLE: Avian finale 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 #1226) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: SEETHE GREEN: ALL TALK BLUE: "MC" THINGS AT MCDONALD'S PURPLE: ENDING IN BIRDS Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. TechRadar 5-star reviewed devices Dyson HushJet Mini Cool Fan 99.99 View See all prices JBL Xtreme 5
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(game #1226) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Connections, game #1226, are YELLOW: SEETHE: BOIL, FUME, RAVE, STEAM GREEN: ALL TALK: BLATHER, GAS, HOT AIR, WIND BLUE: "MC" THINGS AT MCDONALD'S: FLURRY, MUFFIN, NUGGETS, RIB PURPLE: ENDING IN BIRDS: ALIBIS, BALLOON,
ESCROW, MOHAWK My rating: Hard My score: 1 mistake I took a very circuitous route to getting my first group today.

Thinking that BALLOON were a clue I connected STEAM, HOT AIR, GAS, and WIND, reasoning these were all things that, erm, made a balloon move? The 'One
away' pop-up helped me look again and I realized that with the addition of BLATHER we had a quartet of words describing folks who are, as my Grandad
used to say, all mouth and no trousers.

From here "MC" THINGS AT MCDONALD'S was easier to spot although it did
remind me that I have never had a McRIB, a delicacy that has only appeared on UK menus a couple of times since the 1980s. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, October 18, 2026, game #1225) YELLOW: PLACES TO STORE CLOTHES: BUREAU, CHEST, TRUNK, WARDROBE GREEN: THINGS THAT COME IN STICKS: BUTTER, DEODORANT, DYNAMITE, INCENSE BLUE: FAMOUS PERFUMES: ANGEL, COCO, OBSESSION, OPIUM PURPLE: STARTING WITH THINGS THAT CLOUD THE AIR: FOGERTY, HAZEL, MISTER, VAPORETTO 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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