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NYT Connections — October 20, 2026

Hints — one at a time

Hint 1 of 5

Today's board moves from words meaning to bring something to an end, to words for a servile follower, to styles of facial hair, and finally to words that sound like Disney character names.

Hint 2 of 5

Yellow (easiest): each of these means to bring something to a close or conclusion.

Hint 3 of 5

Green: each of these describes a servile, obedient follower who does another's bidding.

Hint 4 of 5

Blue: each of these is a style of mustache.

Hint 5 of 5

Purple (hardest): each of these sounds like the name of a Disney character when spoken aloud.

The answer — spoilers!

Reveal the full answer

yellow
Finish
CLOSE · END · STOP · WRAP
green
Lackey
MINION · POODLE · PUPPET · STOOGE
blue
Mustaches
CHEVRON · HORSESHOE · PENCIL · WALRUS
purple
Homophones Of Disney Characters
ARIAL · BELL · DOCK · MINI

This puzzle by the numbers

Hardest group (purple): Homophones Of Disney Characters
Longest word on the board: HORSESHOE

Counted from our own archive of NYT Connections answers — not published anywhere else.

A solved Connections-style board: sixteen word tiles sorted into four coloured rows of four — fruits, gemstones, instruments and planets — A solved Connections grid: four groups of four, one colour each. Example board, not today’s puzzle.