NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for October 30, 2026

The New York Times' Connections puzzle for October 30, 2026 is proving to be quite engaging, especially for those familiar with theater. Connections is one of the most popular word games by the Times, where players must identify the commonalities between words. Each puzzle consists of 16 words, which are divided into four sets of four words each, based on a shared theme.

The game resets every midnight, and the difficulty increases with each new set of words. Players can rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. The game is available on both web browsers and mobile devices and features color-coded categories - yellow for easy, green for moderate, blue for challenging, and purple for the most difficult.

Here are today's Connections categories: Yellow: Parts of a Camera - FLASH, LENS, SHUTTER, VIEWFINDER; Green: Around a Theater Stage - BACKDROP, CURTAIN, PIT, WINGS; Blue: Throw ___ - HANDS, PILLOW, RUG, SHADE; Purple: Fruit with First Letter Changed - DEMON, DRAPE, GLUM, GRANGE. For those who just want the solution, the answer to today's Connections #1237 is FLASH, LENS, SHUTTER, VIEWFINDER for Parts of a Camera; BACKDROP, CURTAIN, PIT, WINGS for Around a Theater Stage; HANDS, PILLOW, RUG, SHADE for Throw ___; and DEMON, DRAPE, GLUM, GRANGE for Fruit with First Letter Changed.