For those looking to conquer the New York Times Games Connections puzzle on Thursday, October 1, 2026, Rock Paper Shotgun has released a guide detailing hints and the complete solution. The puzzle, identified as #1207, presents four categories of words.
Today's Connections Hints
The initial hints for the puzzle suggest the following themes:
- Yellow: An ordinary verb with many variants.
- Green: Topics of the fitting room.
- Blue: Bands from the fringes of the 2000s.
- Purple: These words aren't all there.
Additional clues indicate that one group consists of abbreviations and that every group contains at least one word with the letter 'S'. Specific word hints provided are 'Stick' for Yellow, 'Neck' for Green, 'Shins' for Blue, and 'Sud' for Purple.
Connections Groups and Answers
Revealed themes for the puzzle are:
- Yellow: Put
- Green: Dress Shirt Measurements
- Blue: 2000s Indie Rock Bands With 'The'
- Purple: Starts of NYT Print Puzzles
The complete solution categorizes the words as follows:
- Yellow: Put (Place, Position, Situate, Stick)
- Green: Dress Shirt Measurements (Chest, Neck, Sleeve, Waist)
- Blue: 2000s Indie Rock Bands With 'The' (Decemberists, National, Shins, Walkmen)
- Purple: Starts of NYT Print Puzzles (Acro, Cross, Ken, Sud)
The guide notes the purple group, in particular, as being challenging, while the blue group is more accessible to those familiar with 2000s indie music.
A new Connections puzzle is released daily at midnight.