NYT Connections October 16 2026 Answers
Puzzle #1223
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
HUNGARY HUNGRY HIPPO CHICKEN CHIP CHAD COOLIDGE CYRUS SPAN MARK LAOS NICK PARAGUAY SMARTIES BULGARI SCRATCH
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — SURFACE IMPERFECTIONS
Green — LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES
Blue — EUROPEAN COUNTRIES MINUS A LETTER
Purple — STARTING WITH WORDS FOR "STYLISH"
SURFACE IMPERFECTIONSCHIP, MARK, NICK, SCRATCH
LANDLOCKED COUNTRIESCHAD, HUNGARY, LAOS, PARAGUAY
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES MINUS A LETTERBULGARI, CYRUS, HUNGRY, SPAN
STARTING WITH WORDS FOR "STYLISH"CHICKEN, COOLIDGE, HIPPO, SMARTIES
Checked against the official NYT Connections solution
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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.