NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, October 15 (game #857)

Date:
Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Description:
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 ======================================================================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 Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, October 14 (game #856) .

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 #857) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are KIDNEY GOLF GREAT BRONCO PINTO VACUUM
KIDDIE LIMA NAVY OLYMPIC ELEPHANT FIESTA INFINITY BRAVO MUSTANG DELTA NYT Connections today (game #857) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Swim in these GREEN: Spell out letters BLUE: All same car brand PURPLE: Add a word that rhymes with meal

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 #857) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: TYPES OF POOLS GREEN: IN THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET BLUE: FORD MODELS PURPLE: ___ SEAL

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #857) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #857, are YELLOW: TYPES OF POOLS INFINITY, KIDDIE, KIDNEY, OLYMPIC GREEN: IN THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET BRAVO, DELTA, GOLF, LIMA BLUE: FORD MODELS BRONCO, FIESTA, MUSTANG, PINTO PURPLE:
___ SEAL ELEPHANT, GREAT, NAVY, VACUUM My rating: Easy My score: Perfect

KIDNEY, NAVY and PINTO have all appeared in Connections before in a beans category and for a while I thought I was looking for a repeat something
beans are infamous for. But I digress. Instead, I added LIMA to the mix.

Alas, no beanie connections this time around. Then I remembered LIMAs place
IN THE NATO PHOENETIC ALPHABET alongside BRAVO, DELTA and GOLF.

I can never remember all the words and more often than not will come up with some random alternatives when Im forced to spell out my name. Instead of LIMA Id probably go for Llama or Liverpool. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, October 14, game #856) YELLOW: CAPTIVATE ABSORB, ENGAGE, HOLD, OCCUPY GREEN: SUMMARY BRIEF, DIGEST, OUTLINE, REVIEW BLUE: HALT CHECK, CURB, STAUNCH, STEM PURPLE: ANIMALS MINUS STARTING LETTER ANTHER, EASEL, HARK, LAMA 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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