{
  "id": 11790578,
  "title": "NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, October 4 (game #1211)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/nyt-connections-hints-and-answers-for-sunday-october-4-game-1211",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-03T23:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-4-october-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Today, October 4, 2023, marks the release of a new round of NYT Connections, the word game from the New York Times. Players are tasked with grouping four words into four distinct categories, each with its own level of difficulty: green for easy, yellow for medium, blue for challenging, and purple for extremely difficult. The game can be played for free on the NYT Games website.\n\nFor this particular game (#1211), the words provided are WIG, FILM, AUCTION, TABLE, PADDLE, COLLAR, GAVEL, LOT, BUNCH, BALL, ROBE, HEAP, TREATMENT, and STACK. Players must use their knowledge and deduction skills to determine the common theme that connects these words into four groups.\n\nHints for the day's puzzles are provided to assist players. Yellow group hints suggest looking for a \"considerable amount,\" while green hints point towards \"ping pong equipment.\" Blue hints direct players to \"parts of a judge's costume,\" and purple hints ask for a term starting with a \"silent word.\"\n\nThe answers to today's Connections puzzle are as follows: Yellow group - CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT (BUNCH, HEAP, LOT, STACK); Green group - TABLE TENNIS NEEDS (BALL, NET, PADDLE, TABLE); Blue group - PARTS OF A JUDGE COSTUME (COLLAR, GAVEL, ROBE, WIG); Purple group - SILENT ____ (AUCTION, FILM, PARTNER, TREATMENT).",
  "summary": "Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "Quordle hints and answers for Sunday, October 4 (game #1714)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/quordle-hints-and-answers-for-sunday-october-4-game-1714",
        "published": "2026-10-03T23:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}