Subj : NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, October 26 (game #8
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Date : Sat Oct 25 2025 15:15:08

NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, October 26 (game #868)

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Sat, 25 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +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 
Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers 
for Saturday, October 25 (game #867) . 

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 
#868) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) 

Today's NYT Connections words are STARLING BRASS BEAUTY BEE STARING FLOAT 
DROPLET WIND STRING TALENT BUTTERFLY KITCHENETTE STING DOGGY PERCUSSION 
POPULARITY NYT Connections today (game #868) - hint #1 - group hints 

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Making music 
GREEN: As said by The Greatest BLUE: Types of competition PURPLE: Smaller 
versions (grammatically) 

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 #868) - hint #2 - group answers 

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: KINDS OF 
INSTRUMENTS GREEN: WORDS IN A FAMOUS MUHAMMAD ALI QUOTE BLUE: KINDS OF 
CONTESTS PURPLE: WORDS WITH DIMINUTIVE SUFFIXES 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #868) - the answers (Image credit: 
New York Times) 

The answers to today's Connections, game #868, are 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 My rating: Hard My score: 2 mistakes 

The NYT is constantly finding new ways to baffle and bamboozle with 
Connections. 

Today, I found the column containing STARLING, STARING, STRING, STING both 
distracting and impossible to resist putting together as a group  not that I 
could see the link beyond the recurring five letters. 

After I got that wrong, I took another gamble with BEE, BUTTERFLY, FLOAT, 
STING remembering a singer called Johnny Wakelin and his 1970s hit Black 
Superman with its chorus of Muhammad, Muhammad Ali, float like a butterfly, 
sting like a bee. 

After this triumph I got KINDS OF INSTRUMENTS easily enough but floundered 
with the final eight tiles and found KINDS OF CONTESTS after a couple of 
attempts at shuffling. Not exactly the greatest, but I didn't get knocked out 
either. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, October 25, game #867) 
YELLOW: SWINDLE FLEECE, HOSE, HUSTLE, SHAFT GREEN: DIGITAL WATCH FEATURES 
ALARM, DATE, LIGHT, STOPWATCH BLUE: CONFER ACCORD, AWARD, GRANT, VEST PURPLE: 
BEST ACTOR-WINNING BIOPICS CAPOTE, LINCOLN, MILK, RAY 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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