NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, October 13 (game #855)

Date:
Sun, 12 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.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking 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 Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers
for Sunday, October 12 (game #854) .

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

Today's NYT Connections words are PANDORA'S BOX LUCKY STIFF LIVE MUSIC GOLDEN FLEECE GOOD RIDDANCE HAPPY HOUR HORNET'S NEST COMIC CON KARAOKE AMERICAN HUSTLE SAYONARA MINEFIELD FINALLY CAN OF WORMS TRIVIA NIGHT ABOUT TIME NYT Connections today (game #855) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: A forewarning of disagreement GREEN: Whats on at the pub BLUE: Sarcastic goodbyes PURPLE: Part trickery

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 #855) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: METAPHORS
FOR POTENTIALLY VOLATILE SITUATIONS GREEN: BAR EVENTS BLUE: WORDS AFTER A WELCOME DEPARTURE PURPLE: ENDING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "SWINDLE"

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #855) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #855, are YELLOW: METAPHORS FOR POTENTIALLY VOLATILE SITUATIONS CAN OF WORMS, HORNET'S NEST, MINEFIELD, PANDORA'S BOX GREEN: BAR EVENTS HAPPY HOUR, KARAOKE, LIVE MUSIC, TRIVIA NIGHT BLUE: WORDS AFTER A WELCOME DEPARTURE ABOUT TIME, FINALLY, GOOD RIDDANCE, SAYONARA PURPLE: ENDING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "SWINDLE" AMERICAN HUSTLE, COMIC CON, GOLDEN FLEECE, LUCKY STIFF My rating: Hard My score: Perfect

To quote one of todays tiles, this game was a MINEFIELD. Two-word tiles make me uneasy and this board seemed like a complex tangle of words where I could find two things in common for about six of them, but nothing beyond that.

Gradually the mist began to part and rather than think of Japanese links to KARAOKE I saw chalkboard signs outside bars, and instead of possible ship names to add to GOLDEN FLEECE I saw all the other words that mean pulling a prank on someone.

After getting BAR EVENTS and ENDING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "SWINDLE" I ground to a halt and got METAPHORS FOR POTENTIALLY VOLATILE SITUATIONS through sheer
luck. I was glad to get this one done and out of my head. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, October 12, game #854) YELLOW: FOR ALL TIME ETERNAL, EVERLASTING, FOREVER, PERMANENT GREEN: ESTABLISHES BEGINS, INSTITUTES, LAUNCHES, PIONEERS BLUE: BIRDS KITE, ROBIN, SWALLOW, SWIFT
PURPLE: HAPPY ____ DAYS, ENDING, RETURNS, TRAILS 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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