Do you like making connections in life? No, I am not talking about the ones on LinkedIn, but NYT’s much-hyped Connections game. Unlike the social media app, creating a connection in the game is pretty easy, as you need to categorize four similar words into a category. It’s a simple yet challenging game that can test your wits as well as your vocabulary skills. So, without any further ado, here are the answers and hints for today’s NYT Connections #856 for October 14, 2025.
Today’s NYT Connections #856 Hints for October 14, 2025
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- Yellow category hint: Ways to keep someone’s attention.
- Green category hint: Shorter versions of a longer work.
- Blue category hint: Words that mean to stop or limit the flow of something
- Purple category hint: Words that name an animal, once the first letter is removed.
Did you guess all the words? Let’s take a look at them below.
Today’s NYT Connections #856 Answer for October 14, 2025
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- Yellow Category: Absorb, Engage, Hold, Occupy (Captivate)
- Green Category: Brief, Digest, Outline, Review (Summary)
- Blue Category: Check, Curb, Staunch, Stem (Halt)
- Purple Category: Anther, Easel, Hark, Lama (Animals Minus Starting Letter)
What do you think of today’s NYT Connections puzzle?
Today’s Connections puzzle offered a satisfying range of difficulty. The Yellow and Green categories provided a smooth start, with the common thread quickly coming into focus. Blue added a nice step up, requiring a bit more thought to connect the four actions under a single, specific concept. The final group, Purple, was the standout, presenting four completely disparate words that initially seemed impossible to link. Uncovering the clever wordplay mechanism for the last category was a genuine “Wow” moment and capped off a very well-constructed puzzle. It was a solid 4 out of 5 for how neat it was.
You can also checkout today’s answers for other NYT puzzles :
- NYT Strands Puzzle Answers
- NYT Wordle Answers
- NYT Spelling Bee Answers
- NYT PIPS Answers
- NYT Mini Crossword
How to Play NYT Connections
Playing NYT Connections is pretty straightforward, as you need to group four similar words in a single group. However, the difficulty increases, with the yellow category being the easiest and purple being the hardest. The green category refers to moderate difficulty, while blue is complex, being one notch above.
There are 16 words in each puzzle, and there is a theme for each group, although the puzzle doesn’t reveal it. You only get four chances to correctly guess every group’s meaning; you can have four incorrect guesses, so use them wisely. If the answer is correct, you can move on to the next group otherwise, you are stuck with the same one.
Moreover, just like Wordle, Connections refreshes every 24 hours, so you will need to wait till the next day for a fresh one. Also, if you guess incorrectly, there’s no way to play the game again, and it will simply reveal the correct results.
While playing the game itself does not require an NYT connection, you will need to create one if you wish to track your progress. You can also share your results by copying them to the clipboard and pasting them wherever you want.
