If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you feeling stuck, you are not alone. Puzzle #1225 brings some clever word groups that might not be obvious right away. Here is what you need to know.
Here are helpful hints to guide you through today’s puzzle, with the full answers listed further down.
Today’s Connections Strategy & Commentary
Today has some really practical themes. The Yellow group are all places you keep your clothes. Wardrobe and Chest are common ones you probably use every day. The Green group might seem unrelated at first glance but they all come in stick form. Incense and Deodorant are the easier ones to spot.
The Blue group features some well known perfume names. You might recognize Coco or Opium right away. And the Purple group is the most challenging one. Each answer starts with something that hangs in the air or clouds your view. Fog, Haze, Mist, and Steam are the clues here. Once you connect each word to that idea, the rest falls into place. Think about what each word evokes and you will get there.
Connections Hints Today: Category Clues
If you just need a gentle nudge, here are the clues for each color group:
- 🟨 Yellow Group Hint: Furniture or spaces where you hang or store clothing
- 🟩 Green Group Hint: Items that are shaped and sold in a solid stick form
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint: Popular and well known fragrance names
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint: Each word begins with something that clouds or hangs in the air
Here is our result for today’s puzzle:
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⚠️ Spoiler Warning: The full answers are below. Stop scrolling now if you want to solve it yourself first.
NYT Connections Answers Today for October 18, 2026 (Puzzle #1225)
🟨 Yellow Category: Places To Store Clothes
- Bureau
- Chest
- Trunk
- Wardrobe
🟩 Green Category: Things That Come In Sticks
- Butter
- Deodorant
- Dynamite
- Incense
🟦 Blue Category: Famous Perfumes
- Angel
- Coco
- Obsession
- Opium
🟪 Purple Category: Starting With Things That Cloud The Air
- Fogerty
- Hazel
- Mister
- Vaporetto
Yesterday’s Answer
This is the NYT Connections answer for October 17, 2026 (Puzzle #1224).
🟨 Yellow Category: Digital Notifications. Alert, Chime, Ding, Ping
🟩 Green Category: Photo. Print, Shot, Snap, Still
🟦 Blue Category: Kinds Of Crabs. Fiddler, Hermit, King, Snow
🟪 Purple Category: La _____. Boheme, Brea, Paz, Scala
For older solutions, see our Connections answers archive.
How did you do today?
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A new puzzle becomes available every midnight based on your local time zone. It appears at different times around the world including United States UTC-4 to UTC-8, Philippine Standard Time UTC+8, Australia UTC+8 to UTC+11, and New Zealand UTC+12 or UTC+13.
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