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Connections October 29, 2026: Hints & Answers (#1340)

edited by Wyna Liu.

Recap

On October 29, 2026, solvers connected tiles into four groups: coin receptacles, penguin associations, font styles, and trichromatic items.

The sixteen tiles

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

TUXEDOTRAFFIC LIGHTROMANEMPERORPARKING METERCANDY CORNNEAPOLITANPIGGY BANKTYPEWRITERWISHING WELLGOTHICANTARCTICACALICOWADDLESANSPAYPHONE

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
    Coin receptacles
    Green
    Penguin related
    Blue
    Font styles
    Purple
    Trichromatic items
  2. What linked each group, described

    Still no titles and no tiles named.

    Yellow group

    Common objects where you deposit coins for various purposes

    Green group

    Terms that evoke the iconic flightless bird's habitat, appearance, or behavior

    Blue group

    These terms describe the endings or types of popular typography

    Purple group

    Objects or concepts characterized by having three distinct colors

  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. 5 of the sixteen tiles were more than one word.

    Tiles
    16 across 4 groups
    Longest tile
    13 characters
    Shortest tile
    4 characters
    Multi-word tiles
    5
    Back to the sixteen tiles
  4. The trap on this board

    Which tiles pulled in two directions.

    Some cards could fit into multiple categories at first glance, consider 'TUXEDO' and 'PIGGY BANK' carefully, as well as 'TRAFFIC LIGHT' and 'WADDLE'.

  5. The four category titles

    Half the answer.

    Yellow
    THINGS YOU PUT COINS INTO
    Green
    ASSOCIATED WITH PENGUINS
    Blue
    ENDS OF FAMOUS FONTS
    Purple
    THINGS THAT FEATURE THREE COLORS
  6. One tile from each group

    The anchor most people misplaced, matched to its title.

    Yellow — THINGS YOU PUT COINS INTO
    WISHING WELL
    Green — ASSOCIATED WITH PENGUINS
    WADDLE
    Blue — ENDS OF FAMOUS FONTS
    TYPEWRITER
    Purple — THINGS THAT FEATURE THREE COLORS
    NEAPOLITAN
    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

    THINGS YOU PUT COINS INTO

    PARKING METER, PAYPHONE, PIGGY BANK, WISHING WELL. The yellow group, 'THINGS YOU PUT COINS INTO', includes PARKING METER, PAYPHONE, PIGGY BANK, and WISHING WELL.

  • Green group · 4 tiles

    ASSOCIATED WITH PENGUINS

    ANTARCTICA, EMPEROR, TUXEDO, WADDLE. The green group, 'ASSOCIATED WITH PENGUINS', consists of ANTARCTICA, EMPEROR, TUXEDO, and WADDLE.

  • Blue group · 4 tiles

    ENDS OF FAMOUS FONTS

    GOTHIC, ROMAN, SANS, TYPEWRITER. The blue group, 'ENDS OF FAMOUS FONTS', comprises GOTHIC, ROMAN, SANS, and TYPEWRITER.

  • Purple group · 4 tiles

    THINGS THAT FEATURE THREE COLORS

    CALICO, CANDY CORN, NEAPOLITAN, TRAFFIC LIGHT. The purple group, 'THINGS THAT FEATURE THREE COLORS', features CALICO, CANDY CORN, NEAPOLITAN, and TRAFFIC LIGHT.

This board by the numbers

Puzzle
(#1340) · Thursday, October 29, 2026
Tiles
16 in a 4 × 4 grid
Groups
4, yellow to purple
Multi-word tiles
5
Longest tile
PARKING METER
Mistakes allowed
4 before the board locked

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