NYT Connections October 19 2026 Answers
Puzzle #1226
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
MOHAWK MUFFIN HOT AIR BALLOON RAVE WIND FLURRY STEAM GAS RIB FUME ALIBIS BOIL BLATHER ESCROW NUGGETS
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — SEETHE
Green — ALL TALK
Blue — "MC" THINGS AT MCDONALD'S
Purple — ENDING IN BIRDS
SEETHEBOIL, FUME, RAVE, STEAM
ALL TALKBLATHER, GAS, HOT AIR, WIND
"MC" THINGS AT MCDONALD'SFLURRY, MUFFIN, NUGGETS, RIB
ENDING IN BIRDSALIBIS, BALLOON, ESCROW, MOHAWK
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.