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Connections October 19, 2026: Hints & Answers (#1327)

edited by Wyna Liu.

Recap

The connections for this puzzle included groups related to anger, empty talk, fast food items, and words ending with bird-related terms.

The sixteen tiles

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

MOHAWKMUFFINHOT AIRBALLOONRAVEWINDFLURRYSTEAMGASRIBFUMEALIBISBOILBLATHERESCROWNUGGETS

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
    Anger synonyms
    Green
    Empty talk
    Blue
    McDonald's items
    Purple
    Ends with birds
  2. What linked each group, described

    Still no titles and no tiles named.

    Yellow group

    These words describe intense emotional outbursts or reactions

    Green group

    These phrases describe talk that lacks substance or action

    Blue group

    These are menu items or offerings you might find at a popular fast food chain

    Purple group

    These words conclude with terms related to birds or bird-like features

  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. 1 of the sixteen tile was more than one word.

    Tiles
    16 across 4 groups
    Longest tile
    7 characters
    Shortest tile
    3 characters
    Multi-word tiles
    1
    Back to the sixteen tiles
  4. The trap on this board

    Which tiles pulled in two directions.

    Some cards could fit into multiple categories, be cautious with words that have multiple meanings or uses, like 'wind' or 'rave'.

  5. The four category titles

    Half the answer.

    Yellow
    SEETHE
    Green
    ALL TALK
    Blue
    "MC" THINGS AT MCDONALD'S
    Purple
    ENDING IN BIRDS
  6. One tile from each group

    The anchor most people misplaced, matched to its title.

    Yellow — SEETHE
    STEAM
    Green — ALL TALK
    BLATHER
    Blue — "MC" THINGS AT MCDONALD'S
    MUFFIN
    Purple — ENDING IN BIRDS
    ESCROW
    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

    SEETHE

    BOIL, FUME, RAVE, STEAM. The yellow group, 'SEETHE', includes words that mean to boil with anger: BOIL, FUME, RAVE, STEAM.

  • Green group · 4 tiles

    ALL TALK

    BLATHER, GAS, HOT AIR, WIND. The green group, 'ALL TALK', consists of phrases that describe empty or idle talk: BLATHER, GAS, HOT AIR, WIND.

  • Blue group · 4 tiles

    "MC" THINGS AT MCDONALD'S

    FLURRY, MUFFIN, NUGGETS, RIB. The blue group, ''MC' THINGS AT MCDONALD'S', features items you might order at McDonald's: FLURRY, MUFFIN, NUGGETS, RIB.

  • Purple group · 4 tiles

    ENDING IN BIRDS

    ALIBIS, BALLOON, ESCROW, MOHAWK. The purple group, 'ENDING IN BIRDS', includes words that end with terms related to birds: ALIBIS, BALLOON, ESCROW, MOHAWK.

This board by the numbers

Puzzle
(#1327) · Monday, October 19, 2026
Tiles
16 in a 4 × 4 grid
Groups
4, yellow to purple
Multi-word tiles
1
Longest tile
BLATHER
Mistakes allowed
4 before the board locked

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