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NYT Connections — October 24, 2026

Hints — one at a time

Hint 1 of 5

Today's board moves from things called strips, to objects mounted on sticks, to types of online advertisements, and finally to words that precede "Bar."

Hint 2 of 5

Yellow (easiest): each of these is a type of strip — something long, thin, and flat.

Hint 3 of 5

Green: each of these is commonly found attached to a stick.

Hint 4 of 5

Blue: each of these is a format of advertisement you'd see while browsing online.

Hint 5 of 5

Purple (hardest): each of these precedes the word "Bar" — Candy Bar, Salad Bar, Space Bar, Sports Bar.

The answer — spoilers!

Reveal the full answer

yellow
Kinds Of Strips
BACON · COMIC · FILM · MÖBIUS
green
Things On Sticks
HOBBY HORSE · PINWHEEL · POPSICLE · SPARKLER
blue
Online Ad Formats
BANNER · INTERSTITIAL · OVERLAY · POP-UP
purple
___ Bar
CANDY · SALAD · SPACE · SPORTS

This puzzle by the numbers

Hardest group (purple): ___ Bar
Longest word on the board: INTERSTITIAL

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.