NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, October 19 (game #861)

Date:
Sat, 18 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +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 ======================================================================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 Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, October 18 (game #860) .

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

Today's NYT Connections words are CRUNCHY FALL LEAVES COVER BUG MARSH WIG SPILL SKORT JACKET TUMBLE FLIP SPINE DOVER FREAK WIPEOUT NYT Connections
today (game #861) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Fall over GREEN: Elements of a paperback BLUE: Types of panic PURPLE: Sweet treats with added element

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 #861) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: TOPPLE
GREEN: PARTS OF A BOOK BLUE: LOSE IT, WITH "OUT" PURPLE: CHOCOLATE BARS PLUS
A LETTER

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #861) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #861, are YELLOW: TOPPLE FALL,
SPILL, TUMBLE, WIPEOUT GREEN: PARTS OF A BOO K COVER, JACKET, LEAVES, SPINE BLUE: LOSE IT, WITH "OUT" BUG, FLIP, FREAK, WIG PURPLE: CHOCOLATE BARS PLUS A LETTER CRUNCHY, DOVER, MARSH, SKORT My rating: Hard My score: 1 mistake

FALL is here and it was very tempting to link it with LEAVES and some other tenuously autumnal words but that was a short-lived folly.

My mistake came in cobbling together a group that I imagined was about dropping out of a situation LEAVES, FLIP, TUMBLE and SPILL. After getting nowhere with that, I managed to see the yellow/easiest group and proceeded without a hitch.

CHOCOLATE BARS is a recurring Connections category but CHOCOLATE BARS PLUS A LETTER completely passed me by. Skor is not something Ive come across in the UK, where Im based, most likely because of the Europe-conquering Dime bar, which appears to have identical teeth-destroying qualities. More US chocolate bar research is required. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, October 18, game #860) YELLOW: GLIDE BREEZE, COAST, FLOAT, SKATE GREEN: WORDS BEFORE "BALL" IN SPORTS DODGE, HAND, PICKLE, RACQUET BLUE: PROLIFIC ACTORS BACON, CAGE, CRUISE, FORD PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF SYNONYMS FOR "VEND" CELL, HOCK, PEDAL, TRAYED 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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