NYT Connections October 1 2026 Answers
Puzzle #1208
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
NATIONAL KEN NECK SHINS ACRO STICK WAIST WALKMEN SITUATE SLEEVE CROSS PLACE SUD POSITION CHEST DECEMBERISTS
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — PUT
Green — DRESS SHIRT MEASUREMENTS
Blue — 2000S INDIE ROCK BANDS, WITH "THE"
Purple — STARTS OF NYT PRINT PUZZLES
PUTPLACE, POSITION, SITUATE, STICK
DRESS SHIRT MEASUREMENTSCHEST, NECK, SLEEVE, WAIST
2000S INDIE ROCK BANDS, WITH "THE"DECEMBERISTS, NATIONAL, SHINS, WALKMEN
STARTS OF NYT PRINT PUZZLESACRO, CROSS, KEN, SUD
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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.