Today's answers

Connections Answer Today

Saturday, October 3, 2026

Two puzzles, two answers: the New York Times Connections for today, and today's daily board in our own Connections Unlimited game. Only want a nudge? Start with the hints instead.

1. NYT Connections #1,210

Oct 3, 2026

The 16 words, then the solution.

CAN OPENERHEAD WAITERJOHN DENVERW.C. FIELDSELBOW GREASEFAT CATSLINDA HAMILTONSOMETHING WICKEDBROAD BEANGETTY IMAGESMET HALFWAYWHITNEY HOUSTONDIET SPRITEMERV GRIFFINNY GIANTRIVER PHOENIX

The four categories

Reveal the four category names

STARTING WITH TERMS FOR "TOILET"Yellow

ENDING IN MUSICALSGreen

STARTING WITH U.S. MUSEUMSBlue

ENDING IN FANTASY CREATURESPurple

The full answer

Reveal all four groups

STARTING WITH TERMS FOR "TOILET"Yellow

CAN OPENER, HEAD WAITER, JOHN DENVER, W.C. FIELDS

ENDING IN MUSICALSGreen

ELBOW GREASE, FAT CATS, LINDA HAMILTON, SOMETHING WICKED

STARTING WITH U.S. MUSEUMSBlue

BROAD BEAN, GETTY IMAGES, MET HALFWAY, WHITNEY HOUSTON

ENDING IN FANTASY CREATURESPurple

DIET SPRITE, MERV GRIFFIN, NY GIANT, RIVER PHOENIX

2. Connections Unlimited on Connections Game

today's daily board

Our Daily mode rotates through 1,225 boards and rolls over at midnight in your own time zone, so this is the board you get today.

Daily #1,007 · Oct 3, 2026

BULBLEAFROOTSTEMBATTLESHIPOPERATIONOTHELLOTROUBLEJAPANPOLANDTUNISIATURKEYCOMETHNOVAKSTARTSUNG

Reveal all four groups

VEGETABLE PARTSYellow

BULB, LEAF, ROOT, STEM

CLASSIC BOARD GAMESGreen

BATTLESHIP, OPERATION, OTHELLO, TROUBLE

COUNTRIES WITH RED AND WHITE FLAGSBlue

JAPAN, POLAND, TUNISIA, TURKEY

ASTRONOMICAL TERMS PLUS A LETTERPurple

COMETH, NOVAK, START, SUNG

Play today's board Hints instead

Yesterday's answer Answer archive 2026 answers

How the colours work

Both games rank their four groups by difficulty: yellow is the most straightforward, then green, then blue, and purple is usually the trickiest — that is where the wordplay, hidden letters and category-within-a-category tricks live.

Connections #1,210 ran on Saturday, October 3, 2026. Past puzzles are in the answer archive.

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