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Connections October 14, 2026: Hints & Answers (#1330)

edited by Wyna Liu.

Recap

The connections between the cards were based on subtle signs, tennis shots, superheroes, and literary phrases, requiring a mix of general knowledge and wordplay to figure out.

The sixteen tiles

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

FEEDTHINGSERVESUGGESTIONFIERYFLICKERFLASHFOMENTSMASHHULKTRACEFUMBLESLICEWHIFFVOLLEYPUNISHER

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
    Subtle signs
    Green
    Tennis moves
    Blue
    Marvel characters
    Purple
    Literary phrases
  2. What linked each group, described

    Still no titles and no tiles named.

    Yellow group

    These words describe gentle, often fleeting indications or ideas that something might be the case.

    Green group

    These terms are used to describe specific types of shots played in the sport of tennis.

    Blue group

    These characters are all part of a popular comic book universe, known for their superhuman abilities.

    Purple group

    These phrases are all inspired by a famous poem and start with similar prefixes.

  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
    10 characters
    Shortest tile
    4 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 more than one group, especially those with multiple meanings or associations, like words that describe actions or characteristics.

  5. The four category titles

    Half the answer.

    Yellow
    HINT
    Green
    TENNIS SHOTS
    Blue
    SUPERHEROES, WITH "THE"
    Purple
    STARTING WITH "FEE, FI, FO, FUM"
  6. One tile from each group

    The anchor most people misplaced, matched to its title.

    Yellow — HINT
    SUGGESTION
    Green — TENNIS SHOTS
    VOLLEY
    Blue — SUPERHEROES, WITH "THE"
    PUNISHER
    Purple — STARTING WITH "FEE, FI, FO, FUM"
    FOMENT
    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

    HINT

    FLICKER, SUGGESTION, TRACE, WHIFF. The yellow group, 'HINT', includes FLICKER, SUGGESTION, TRACE, and WHIFF.

  • Green group · 4 tiles

    TENNIS SHOTS

    SERVE, SLICE, SMASH, VOLLEY. The green group, 'TENNIS SHOTS', includes SERVE, SLICE, SMASH, and VOLLEY.

  • Blue group · 4 tiles

    SUPERHEROES, WITH "THE"

    FLASH, HULK, PUNISHER, THING. The blue group, 'SUPERHEROES, WITH "THE"', includes FLASH, HULK, PUNISHER, and THING.

  • Purple group · 4 tiles

    STARTING WITH "FEE, FI, FO, FUM"

    FEED, FIERY, FOMENT, FUMBLE. The purple group, 'STARTING WITH "FEE, FI, FO, FUM"', includes FEED, FIERY, FOMENT, and FUMBLE.

This board by the numbers

Puzzle
(#1330) · Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Tiles
16 in a 4 × 4 grid
Groups
4, yellow to purple
Multi-word tiles
0
Longest tile
SUGGESTION
Mistakes allowed
4 before the board locked

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