Puzzle Overview
Here are today’s Connections hints and answers for NYT Connections No. 1,237 on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026.
Today’s Connections hints
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough and sometimes bizarre purple group.
Yellow group hint: Say cheese!
Green group hint: Break a leg!
Blue group hint: First word means toss.
Purple group hint: Healthy foods, with a twist.
Puzzle Solutions
Yellow group: Parts of a camera.
Green group: Around a theater stage.
Blue group: Throw.
Purple group: Fruit with first letter changed.
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The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is parts of a camera.
The four answers are flash, lens, shutter and viewfinder.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is around a theater stage.
The four answers are backdrop, curtain, pit and wings.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is throw.
The four answers are hands, pillow, rug and shade.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is fruit with first letter changed.
The four answers are demon, drape, glum and grange.
How to Play
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 puzzle editors choose words that could fit in multiple groups.
The Times has a Connections Bot to receive a numeric score and have the program analyze your answers after you play.
