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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, October 28 (game #1235).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 #1236) - today's words(Image credit: New York Times)Today's NYT Connections words are… TUXEDOTRAFFIC LIGHTROMANEMPERORPARKING METERCANDY CORNNEAPOLITANPIGGY BANKTYPEWRITERWISHING WELLGOTHICANTARCTICACALICOWADDLESANSPAYPHONENYT Connections today (game #1236) - hint #1 - group hintsWhat are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?YELLOW: Insert cash in theseGREEN: All linked to a non-flying birdBLUE: Type with missing wordsPURPLE: Triple shadeNeed 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 #1236) - hint #2 - group answersWhat are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?YELLOW: THINGS YOU PUT COINS INTOGREEN: ASSOCIATED WITH PENGUINSBLUE: ENDS OF FAMOUS FONTSPURPLE: THINGS THAT FEATURE THREE COLORSRight, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.NYT Connections today (game #1236) - the answers(Image credit: New York Times)The answers to today's Connections, game #1236, are…YELLOW: THINGS YOU PUT COINS INTO: PARKING METER, PAYPHONE, PIGGY BANK, WISHING WELLGREEN: ASSOCIATED WITH PENGUINS: ANTARCTICA, EMPEROR, TUXEDO, WADDLEBLUE: ENDS OF FAMOUS FONTS: GOTHIC, ROMAN, SANS, TYPEWRITERPURPLE: THINGS THAT FEATURE THREE COLORS: CALICO, CANDY CORN, NEAPOLITAN, TRAFFIC LIGHTMy rating: HardMy score: 1 mistakeWhen I was a full-time journalist, I was a peak procrastinator and would often spend ages choosing the exact font for an article instead of just sticking with one (I think it may be apparent here why I am a former full-time journalist).I came to peace with it in the end and considered it part of the thinking process — but it also meant that the tiles SANS, ROMAN, TYPEWRITER and GOTHIC immediately jumped out at me. Not that I’d ever write anything using Comic Sans of course (people have been sentenced to prison for less).From here I thought I spotted four types of penguins and included CALICO instead of WADDLE because I had some vague memory of Calico penguins when I should have been thinking of Calico cats. Anyway, no harm done as I got them with the next go and escaped with just one mistake.Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, October 28, 2026, game #1235)YELLOW: ROMANTIC LIKING: ATTRACTION, CRUSH, FEELINGS, INTERESTGREEN: COMPONENTS OF AN EMAIL: ATTACHMENT, BODY, SIGNATURE, SUBJECTBLUE: NASA MARS ROVERS: CURIOSITY, OPPORTUNITY, PERSEVERANCE, SPIRITPURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF PATHS: COARSE, RODE, ROUT, WEIGHWhat 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.