{"id":627775,"date":"2026-10-12T00:16:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T00:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/627775\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T00:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T00:16:19","slug":"how-to-solve-todays-connections-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/627775\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Solve Today’s Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a new day and that means a new puzzle wall to solve in the New York Times’s Connections<\/a> game. If you’re looking to save your streak and only want to nail down that last pesky category, don’t worry – we have all the hints you could need.<\/p>\n

You’ll find everything you need below, from vague hints as to what you should be looking for to the outright answers. Whether you’re looking for a nudge in the right direction or a sneaky way to preserve your blemish-free record, you’ve come to the right place.<\/p>\n

If you’re here by mistake and instead need the answers for October 11, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Category Hints<\/p>\n

\"Connections<\/p>\n

We’ll present these hints from the easiest category to the hardest, as prescribed by the puzzle itself – Yellow, Green, Blue, then Purple.<\/p>\n

If you want today’s category hints, click below! These will not spoil the actual names of the categories but will nudge you in the right direction.<\/p>\n

\"Connections<\/p>\n

Today’s yellow category relates to exactly how something is.<\/p>\n

Today’s green category relates to what you might have to do in a difficult situation.<\/p>\n

Today’s blue category relates to making words shorter for convenience’s sake.<\/p>\n

Today’s purple category relates to words consisting of U.S.-based abbreviations. I’ll be honest with you, I can’t decipher this one even with the answers looking right at me, though that might be a handy hint in itself.<\/p>\n


\n \"Split<\/p>\n

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Related<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t10 Best Indie Puzzle Games
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If you like some innovative and original puzzle-solving games, you can’t go wrong with our selection of indie titles.<\/p>\n

Today’s Answers<\/p>\n

\"Connections<\/p>\n

Here’s how today went for me:<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe9\ud83d\udfe9\ud83d\udfe9\ud83d\udfe9<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe6<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe8<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea<\/p>\n

If you used our clues or help, I’d love to see how you did in the comments below!<\/p>\n

If you want today’s answers, click below!<\/p>\n

\"Connections<\/p>\n

Today’s answers are listed below:<\/p>\n

Condition, Shape, Situation, State<\/p>\n

Bear, Handle, Stand, Weather<\/p>\n

Blue Category: Word Shortenings, Often<\/p>\n

Abbreviation, Contraction, Elision, Nickname<\/p>\n

Purple Category: Words Made Using U.S. Postal Abbreviations<\/p>\n

Alkylamide, Calamari, Mandarin, Melamine<\/p>\n


\n \"Mobile<\/p>\n

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Next<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tMobile Games That Can Improve Your Vocabulary
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These mobile word games can help you learn new words and expand your vocabulary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s a new day and that means a new puzzle wall to solve in the New York Times’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-627775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}