{"id":636389,"date":"2026-10-20T15:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/636389\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T15:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:04:11","slug":"connections-hint-today-answers-for-oct-20-1227","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/636389\/","title":{"rendered":"Connections Hint Today: Answers for Oct. 20, # 1,227"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here are today\u2019s Connections hints and answers for NYT Connections No. 1,227 on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. Disney fans, the purple category might be a breeze for you. It also helps to know your facial-hair styles. We\u2019ll give you a hint for each color group first, then reveal today\u2019s Connections answers further down.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Connections hints<\/p>\n

Here are four hints for the groupings in today\u2019s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.<\/p>\n

Yellow group hint:\u00a0It\u2019s over!<\/p>\n

Green group hint:\u00a0Like Igor, or Smithers.<\/p>\n

Blue group hint:\u00a0Not a beard.<\/p>\n

Purple group hint: Sounds like a famous fictional character.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Connections answers<\/p>\n

Yellow group:\u00a0Finish.<\/p>\n

Green group:\u00a0Lackey.<\/p>\n

Blue group:\u00a0Mustaches.<\/p>\n

Purple group: Homophones of Disney characters.<\/p>\n

CNET publishes daily answers and hints<\/a> for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.<\/p>\n

What are today\u2019s Connections answers?<\/p>\n

\"TheThe completed NYT Connections puzzle for Oct. 20, 2026.NYT\/Screenshot by CNET<\/p>\n

The yellow words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n

The theme is finish.<\/p>\n

The four answers are close, end, stop and wrap.<\/p>\n

The green words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n

The theme is lackey.<\/p>\n

The four answers are minion, poodle, puppet and stooge.<\/p>\n

The blue words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n

The theme is mustaches.<\/p>\n

The four answers are chevron, horseshoe, pencil and walrus.<\/p>\n

The purple words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n

The theme is homophones of Disney characters.<\/p>\n

The four answers are arial (Ariel), bell (Belle), dock (Doc) and mini (Minnie).<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s talk about today\u2019s Connections puzzle<\/p>\n

I have to admit it, I don\u2019t really know the names of various mustache styles, so the blue category was a total fail for me. But while I\u2019m not a huge Disney fan, \u201carial\u201d and \u201cbell\u201d seemed just too close to Ariel from The Little Mermaid and Belle from Beauty and the Beast for there to be any other connections but Disney characters.<\/p>\n

How to play Connections<\/p>\n

In Connections, you look at a grid of 16 words and pick four words that have a connection to one another. You do this four times until all 16 words in the puzzle are grouped. The tough part is that Times puzzle editor Wyna Liu<\/a> chooses words that could fit in multiple groups. The obvious guess \u2014 Hey, those are four animals! \u2014 is almost always going to be wrong. I\u2019ve compiled my favorite tips for Connections<\/a> if you need a boost.<\/p>\n

The Times has a Connections Bot<\/a>, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can nerd out by following their progress<\/a>, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of “Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the ’70s and ’80s,” as well as “The Totally Sweet ’90s.” She’s been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She’s Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she’ll be first in line.
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