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Connections October 10, 2026: Hints & Answers (#1318)

edited by Wyna Liu.

Recap

This Connections puzzle featured groups related to academic writing, making assumptions, social media, and combat training

The sixteen tiles

The sixteen tiles as dealt. Reveal a group below to tint and caption its tiles here.

OUTLINESHADOWFEEDFIGUREDRAFTIMAGINEKICKNOTIFICATIONSGATHERNOTESUNMESSAGESBEATSUPPOSEPROFILETHESIS

Connections hints, one rung at a time

Six rungs, softest first. The recap above already named the groups, so this ladder is here for anyone replaying the board fresh rather than as a spoiler shield.

  1. Four one-line nudges, one per group

    The softest hint there is.

    Yellow
    Academic tools
    Green
    Make an assumption
    Blue
    Online platforms
    Purple
    Combat training
  2. What linked each group, described

    Still no titles and no tiles named.

    Yellow group

    These items help organize and structure written work

    Green group

    These verbs involve making an educated guess or hypothesis

    Blue group

    These terms describe common sections found on social media sites

    Purple group

    These phrases are related to a type of exercise or practice

  3. Board facts

    Counted off the sixteen printed tiles.

    Sixteen tiles, four groups of four, ordered yellow → green → blue → purple from most to least obvious. Every tile was a single word.

    Tiles
    16 across 4 groups
    Longest tile
    13 characters
    Shortest tile
    2 characters
    Multi-word tiles
    0
    Back to the sixteen tiles
  4. The trap on this board

    Which tiles pulled in two directions.

    Some cards could fit into multiple categories, consider 'FIGURE' and 'NOTES' carefully

  5. The four category titles

    Half the answer.

    Yellow
    USEFUL WHEN WRITING A PAPER
    Green
    PRESUME
    Blue
    SOCIAL MEDIA SECTIONS
    Purple
    ___BOXING
  6. One tile from each group

    The anchor most people misplaced, matched to its title.

    Yellow — USEFUL WHEN WRITING A PAPER
    THESIS
    Green — PRESUME
    SUPPOSE
    Blue — SOCIAL MEDIA SECTIONS
    NOTIFICATIONS
    Purple — ___BOXING
    SHADOW
    Open the full groupings

Every Connections group from that board

All four groups, folded. Opening one tints its four tiles above and captions them with the category name.

  • Yellow group · 4 tiles

    USEFUL WHEN WRITING A PAPER

    DRAFT, NOTES, OUTLINE, THESIS. The yellow group is 'USEFUL WHEN WRITING A PAPER' with cards DRAFT, NOTES, OUTLINE, THESIS

  • Green group · 4 tiles

    PRESUME

    FIGURE, GATHER, IMAGINE, SUPPOSE. The green group is 'PRESUME' with cards FIGURE, GATHER, IMAGINE, SUPPOSE

  • Blue group · 4 tiles

    SOCIAL MEDIA SECTIONS

    FEED, MESSAGES, NOTIFICATIONS, PROFILE. The blue group is 'SOCIAL MEDIA SECTIONS' with cards FEED, MESSAGES, NOTIFICATIONS, PROFILE

  • Purple group · 4 tiles

    ___BOXING

    BEAT, KICK, SHADOW, UN. The purple group is '___BOXING' with cards BEAT, KICK, SHADOW, UN

This board by the numbers

Puzzle
(#1318) · Saturday, October 10, 2026
Tiles
16 in a 4 × 4 grid
Groups
4, yellow to purple
Multi-word tiles
0
Longest tile
NOTIFICATIONS
Mistakes allowed
4 before the board locked

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