NYT Connections October 24 2025 Answers
Puzzle #866
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
BAYWATCH HIGHLIGHT RAINBOW HERRING PRIME SUNSET BOLD PEACOCK COOTIE HEYDAY KALEIDOSCOPE UNDERLINE ZENITH KINGPIN STRIKETHROUGH PINNACLE
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — BEST YEARS
Green — THINGS YOU CAN DO TO TEXT
Blue — THINGS KNOWN FOR BEING COLORFUL THINGS
Purple — ENDING IN ACCESSORIES
BEST YEARSHEYDAY, PINNACLE, PRIME, ZENITH
THINGS YOU CAN DO TO TEXTBOLD, HIGHLIGHT, STRIKETHROUGH, UNDERLINE
THINGS KNOWN FOR BEING COLORFUL THINGSKALEIDOSCOPE, PEACOCK, RAINBOW, SUNSET
ENDING IN ACCESSORIESBAYWATCH, COOTIE, HERRING, KINGPIN
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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.