NYT Connections — October 3, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's board moves from two-word phrases that begin with a slang term for the toilet, to phrases that end in the title of a hit musical, to phrases that begin with the name of a famous American art museum, and finally to phrases that end in a mythical creature.
Hint 2 of 5
Yellow (easiest): each of these starts with a casual word for the toilet — can, head, John, or W.C.
Hint 3 of 5
Green: each of these ends with the name of a Broadway musical — Grease, Cats, Hamilton, or Wicked.
Hint 4 of 5
Blue: each of these begins with the name of a well-known American art museum — the Broad, the Getty, the Met, or the Whitney.
Hint 5 of 5
Purple (hardest): each of these ends with a creature from fantasy or mythology — a sprite, a griffin, a giant, or a phoenix.
The answer — spoilers!
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Starting With Terms For "Toilet"
CAN OPENER · HEAD WAITER · JOHN DENVER · W.C. FIELDS
Ending In Musicals
ELBOW GREASE · FAT CATS · LINDA HAMILTON · SOMETHING WICKED
Starting With U.S. Museums
BROAD BEAN · GETTY IMAGES · MET HALFWAY · WHITNEY HOUSTON
Ending In Fantasy Creatures
DIET SPRITE · MERV GRIFFIN · NY GIANT · RIVER PHOENIX
This puzzle by the numbers
- Ending In Fantasy Creatures
- SOMETHING WICKED
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