Subj : NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, October 27 (game #8
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Date : Sun Oct 26 2025 15:15:08

NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, October 27 (game #869)

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Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to 
solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

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for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each 
day for your time zone  which means that some people are always playing 
'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for 
Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers 
for Sunday, October 26 (game #868) . 

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that 
challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so 
read on if you need Connections hints. 

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of 
course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and 
answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today 
page covers the original viral word game. 

 SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't 
read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Connections today (game 
#869) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) 

Today's NYT Connections words are ONLY CONNECT OLIVE BRANCH FAB FAN JUST 
TWIST FANTASTIC SIMPLY CHERRY SPREAD RADIATE MINT PETIT MERELY NYT 
Connections today (game #869) - hint #1 - group hints 

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? GREEN: Minimal BLUE: 
Beverage adornments PURPLE: Add the number after three YELLOW: Exude 
expansively 

Need more clues? 

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what 
the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles NYT 
Connections today (game #869) - hint #2 - group answers 

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? GREEN: IN THE 
SLIGHTEST BLUE: COCKTAIL GARNISHES PURPLE: ___FOUR YELLOW: EMANATE 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #869) - the answers (Image credit: 
New York Times) 

The answers to today's Connections, game #869, are GREEN: IN THE SLIGHTEST 
JUST, MERELY, ONLY, SIMPLY BLUE: COCKTAIL GARNISHES CHERRY, MINT, OLIVE, 
TWIST PURPLE: ___FOUR CONNECT, FAB, FANTASTIC, PETIT YELLOW: EMANATE BRANCH, 
FAN, RADIATE, SPREAD My rating: Hard My score: 1 mistake 

Todays Connections features an insider joke/apology on the top line paying 
homage to Only Connect, the British quiz show whose format is uncannily 
similar to this 16-grid puzzle game and which preceded it by approximately 15 
years. The tiles OLIVE and BRANCH possibly suggest an acknowledgement? A 
debate to be continued elsewhere. 

Anyway, I digress. Onwards with edition 869 

I was on the right track with IN THE SLIGHTEST, but guessed PETIT instead of 
ONLY. Meanwhile, in an odd turn of events I managed to see ___ FOUR, and a 
second tribute to an iconic game, while the yellow/easiest group flew way 
above my head. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, October 26, game 
#868) YELLOW: KINDS OF INSTRUMENTS BRASS, PERCUSSION, STRING, WIND GREEN: 
WORDS IN A FAMOUS MUHAMMAD ALI QUOTE BEE, BUTTERFLY, FLOAT, STING BLUE: KINDS 
OF CONTESTS BEAUTY, POPULARITY, STARING, TALENT PURPLE: WORDS WITH DIMINUTIVE 
SUFFIXES DOGGY, DROPLET, KITCHENETTE, STARLING What is NYT Connections? 

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the 
New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share 
something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green 
is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually 
very difficult. 

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as 
you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, 
you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing 
room. 

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there 
are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For 
instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise 
the answers. 

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.



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