NYT Connections — October 28, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's board moves from words for having a romantic crush on someone, to the different parts that make up an email, to NASA's robotic explorers sent to Mars, and finally to words that sound like different terms for a path or route.
Hint 2 of 5
Yellow (easiest): each of these describes having a budding romantic interest in someone.
Hint 3 of 5
Green: each of these is a part of a typical email message.
Hint 4 of 5
Blue: each of these is the name of a NASA rover sent to explore Mars.
Hint 5 of 5
Purple (hardest): each of these sounds like a different word meaning a path, route, or way to get somewhere.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
Romantic Liking
ATTRACTION · CRUSH · FEELINGS · INTEREST
Components Of An Email
ATTACHMENT · BODY · SIGNATURE · SUBJECT
NASA Mars Rovers
CURIOSITY · OPPORTUNITY · PERSEVERANCE · SPIRIT
Homophones Of Paths
COARSE · RODE · ROUT · WEIGH
This puzzle by the numbers
- Homophones Of Paths
- PERSEVERANCE
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