Connections Hints Today

The New York Times posted its Connections puzzle No. 1,231 for Saturday, October 24, 2026. Connections asks players to sort a grid of 16 words into four groups of four, and the groups are color-coded from easiest (yellow) to hardest (purple). Daily hint guides from several outlets cover each color group before revealing the full answers further down the page.

For this puzzle, one yellow group is described as a theme about kinds of strips. The listed answers for that group are hobby horse, pinwheel, Popsicle and sparkler. Another group includes banner, interstitial, overlay and pop-up. The puzzle is edited by Wyna Liu, who often includes words that could fit more than one category, so guessing based on an obvious shared trait is usually a mistake. The Times also runs a Connections Bot that scores a player's answers and rates puzzle difficulty.

Key facts

• The New York Times Connections No. 1,231 was for Saturday, October 24, 2026.
• Each puzzle has 16 words sorted into four color-coded groups, from yellow (easiest) to purple (hardest).
• One yellow-level theme is kinds of strips, with hobby horse, pinwheel, Popsicle and sparkler listed as answers.
• Another group lists banner, interstitial, overlay and pop-up.
• Puzzle editor Wyna Liu is named as choosing words that can fit multiple groups.

What we don't know yet

The purple group and the remaining two categories for this puzzle are not described in the available source material.

Our summary of reporting by Forbes, CNET, The New York Times. Written with AI assistance and checked against the sources; read the full stories at the links below. Updated Oct 24, 9:20 AM EDT.