NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, October 11 (game #1218)

NYT Connections today (game #1218) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• HARNESS
• MAP
• PERUSE
• PHONE
• GLOVES
• CABLE
• APPLY
• PATRICK
• ELECTRICITY
• WIELD
• ICE SCRAPER
• UTILIZE
• EMPLOY
• REGISTRATION
• SYNTACTIC
• INTERNET

NYT Connections today (game #1218) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: Deploy
• GREEN: Paid off 12 times a year
• BLUE: Hidden in your car
• PURPLE: Final risks

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NYT Connections today (game #1218) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: PUT TO USE
• GREEN: MONTHLY BILLS
• BLUE: THINGS YOU MIGHT FIND IN A GLOVE COMPARTMENT
• PURPLE: ENDING IN GAMBITS

The answers to today's Connections, game #1218, are…

• My rating: Hard
• My score: 3 mistakes

Congratulations if you saw ploy, trick, ruse, and tactic at the end of the four purple tiles.

This wasn’t the only thing that passed me by today.

After successfully getting the four utilities that made up MONTHLY BILLS and the THINGS YOU MIGHT FIND IN A GLOVE COMPARTMENT (I’d add a pack of mints, cheap sunglasses and a scrap of paper with an unknown phone number on it) I floundered over the yellow group, as I was convinced EMPLOY was one of the four.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, October 10, 2026, game #1217)

• YELLOW: USEFUL WHEN WRITING A PAPER: DRAFT, NOTES, OUTLINE, THESIS
• GREEN: PRESUME: FIGURE, GATHER, IMAGINE, SUPPOSE
• BLUE: SOCIAL MEDIA SECTIONS: FEED, MESSAGES, NOTIFICATIONS, PROFILE
• PURPLE: ___BOXING: BEAT, KICK, SHADOW, UN