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Connections October 22, 2026: Hints & Answers (#1336)

edited by Wyna Liu.

Recap

The groups were about graspable parts, sculpture types, football positions, and bedding terms.

The sixteen tiles

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

MOBILECOMFORTBLANKSAFETYRELIEFGRIPENDBUSTHANDLETACKLEPILLKNOBSHEGUARDHILTSTATUE

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
    Object features
    Green
    Art forms
    Blue
    Football roles
    Purple
    Bedding starts
  2. What linked each group, described

    Still no titles and no tiles named.

    Yellow group

    These words describe parts of objects that are held or turned

    Green group

    These terms describe different techniques or types of three-dimensional art

    Blue group

    These words identify specific positions players can have on the field

    Purple group

    These words are beginnings of terms related to bedding or linens

  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
    7 characters
    Shortest tile
    3 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 based on their meanings or uses, consider each card's different possible interpretations carefully.

  5. The four category titles

    Half the answer.

    Yellow
    PARTS TO BE GRASPED
    Green
    KINDS OF SCULPTURES
    Blue
    AMERICAN FOOTBALL POSITIONS
    Purple
    STARTS OF BEDDING
  6. One tile from each group

    The anchor most people misplaced, matched to its title.

    Yellow — PARTS TO BE GRASPED
    HILT
    Green — KINDS OF SCULPTURES
    RELIEF
    Blue — AMERICAN FOOTBALL POSITIONS
    SAFETY
    Purple — STARTS OF BEDDING
    COMFORT
    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

    PARTS TO BE GRASPED

    GRIP, HANDLE, HILT, KNOB. The yellow group, 'PARTS TO BE GRASPED', includes GRIP, HANDLE, HILT, KNOB.

  • Green group · 4 tiles

    KINDS OF SCULPTURES

    BUST, MOBILE, RELIEF, STATUE. The green group, 'KINDS OF SCULPTURES', includes BUST, MOBILE, RELIEF, STATUE.

  • Blue group · 4 tiles

    AMERICAN FOOTBALL POSITIONS

    END, GUARD, SAFETY, TACKLE. The blue group, 'AMERICAN FOOTBALL POSITIONS', includes END, GUARD, SAFETY, TACKLE.

  • Purple group · 4 tiles

    STARTS OF BEDDING

    BLANK, COMFORT, PILL, SHE. The purple group, 'STARTS OF BEDDING', includes BLANK, COMFORT, PILL, SHE.

This board by the numbers

Puzzle
(#1336) · Thursday, October 22, 2026
Tiles
16 in a 4 × 4 grid
Groups
4, yellow to purple
Multi-word tiles
0
Longest tile
COMFORT
Mistakes allowed
4 before the board locked

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