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Here are today\u2019s Connections hints and answers for NYT Connections No. 1,237 on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026.<\/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:\u00a0Say cheese!<\/p>\n
Green group hint:\u00a0Break a leg!<\/p>\n
Blue group hint:\u00a0First word means \u201ctoss.\u201d<\/p>\n
Purple group hint: Healthy foods, with a twist.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s Connections answers<\/p>\n
Yellow group:\u00a0Parts of a camera.<\/p>\n
Green group:\u00a0Around a theater stage.<\/p>\n
Blue group:\u00a0Throw ____.<\/p>\n
Purple group:\u00a0Fruit with first letter changed.<\/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 The yellow words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n The theme is parts of a camera.<\/p>\n The four answers are flash, lens, shutter and viewfinder.<\/p>\n The green words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n The theme is around a theater stage.<\/p>\n The four answers are backdrop, curtain, pit and wings.<\/p>\n The blue words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n The theme is throw ____.<\/p>\n The four answers are hands, pillow, rug and shade.<\/p>\n The purple words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n The theme is fruit with first letter changed.<\/p>\n The four answers are demon (lemon), drape (grape), glum (plum) and grange (orange).<\/p>\n Let\u2019s talk about today\u2019s Connections puzzle<\/p>\n My late mother-in-law loved puzzles, and she used to regularly groan about how her vast repertoire of knowledge was being outpaced by modern terms and references a woman born in 1936 was unlikely to know. I wonder what she would think about \u201cthrow shade\u201d and \u201cthrow hands\u201d in today\u2019s blue group. Now, \u201cthrow pillow\u201d and \u201cthrow rug\u201d? Those two she\u2019d have aced. I actually welcome the puzzle stretching out and incorporating a mix of modern and vintage references. That\u2019s what makes it fun.<\/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 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \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.![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Oct30Connections2026.png\")
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