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Connections October 3, 2026: Hints & Answers (#1313)

edited by Wyna Liu.

Recap

The connections for October 3, 2026, have been revealed. Players grouped phrases by their starting terms for toilet, endings in musicals, starts with US museums, and endings in fantasy creatures.

The sixteen tiles

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

WHITNEY HOUSTONLINDA HAMILTONRIVER PHOENIXJOHN DENVERGETTY IMAGESELBOW GREASECAN OPENERSOMETHING WICKEDFAT CATSHEAD WAITERMERV GRIFFINBROAD BEANNY GIANTMET HALFWAYW.C. FIELDSDIET SPRITE

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
    Common nicknames
    Green
    Theatrical closers
    Blue
    Famous collections
    Purple
    Mythical beings
  2. What linked each group, described

    Still no titles and no tiles named.

    Yellow group

    These phrases share a certain type of informal name

    Green group

    These phrases are associated with finales or endings in a specific art form

    Blue group

    These phrases are linked to well-known repositories of art or information

    Purple group

    These phrases are tied to legendary or imaginary creatures

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

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

    Which tiles pulled in two directions.

    Some phrases could fit into multiple categories at first glance, be cautious with LINDA HAMILTON, RIVER PHOENIX, and WHITNEY HOUSTON.

  5. The four category titles

    Half the answer.

    Yellow
    STARTING WITH TERMS FOR "TOILET"
    Green
    ENDING IN MUSICALS
    Blue
    STARTING WITH U.S. MUSEUMS
    Purple
    ENDING IN FANTASY CREATURES
  6. One tile from each group

    The anchor most people misplaced, matched to its title.

    Yellow — STARTING WITH TERMS FOR "TOILET"
    W.C. FIELDS
    Green — ENDING IN MUSICALS
    SOMETHING WICKED
    Blue — STARTING WITH U.S. MUSEUMS
    GETTY IMAGES
    Purple — ENDING IN FANTASY CREATURES
    NY GIANT
    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

    STARTING WITH TERMS FOR "TOILET"

    CAN OPENER, HEAD WAITER, JOHN DENVER, W.C. FIELDS. The yellow group, 'STARTING WITH TERMS FOR "TOILET"', includes CAN OPENER, HEAD WAITER, JOHN DENVER, W.C. FIELDS.

  • Green group · 4 tiles

    ENDING IN MUSICALS

    ELBOW GREASE, FAT CATS, LINDA HAMILTON, SOMETHING WICKED. The green group, 'ENDING IN MUSICALS', consists of ELBOW GREASE, FAT CATS, LINDA HAMILTON, SOMETHING WICKED.

  • Blue group · 4 tiles

    STARTING WITH U.S. MUSEUMS

    BROAD BEAN, GETTY IMAGES, MET HALFWAY, WHITNEY HOUSTON. The blue group, 'STARTING WITH U.S. MUSEUMS', comprises BROAD BEAN, GETTY IMAGES, MET HALFWAY, WHITNEY HOUSTON.

  • Purple group · 4 tiles

    ENDING IN FANTASY CREATURES

    DIET SPRITE, MERV GRIFFIN, NY GIANT, RIVER PHOENIX. The purple group, 'ENDING IN FANTASY CREATURES', features DIET SPRITE, MERV GRIFFIN, NY GIANT, RIVER PHOENIX.

This board by the numbers

Puzzle
(#1313) · Saturday, October 3, 2026
Tiles
16 in a 4 × 4 grid
Groups
4, yellow to purple
Multi-word tiles
16
Longest tile
SOMETHING WICKED
Mistakes allowed
4 before the board locked

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