{
  "id": 15837601,
  "title": "NYT Connections hints today: Meanings for each word for Oct. 21, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/nyt-connections-hints-today-meanings-for-each-word-for-oct-21-2026",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-21T02:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/nyt-connections-hints-meanings-october-21-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In today's NYT Connections, the puzzle features words with various meanings. Among them are a traditional children's circle game called Duck Duck Goose, a difficult or problematic issue known as Hot Potato. Other words include Leapfrog, a game where players hop over another's back, and Musical Chairs, a party game where players move around chairs while music plays.\n\nThe puzzle also includes terms like Alpha dog, the dominant leader in a dog or wolf pack, and Big cheese, signifying an important or influential person. Heavyweight refers to someone or something of above-average weight, while Top banana is the most important or leading person in a group or activity.\n\nOther words in today's Connections include American Gothic, a 1930s oil painting of a Midwestern farmer and his daughter; Campbell's Soup Can, a series of paintings by artist Andy Warhol; and Sunflowers, a tall flowering plant famous for its bright yellow flower heads. The list also contains American breakfast cereal Grape-nuts and Mantis shrimp, a carnivorous marine crustacean.\n\nSweetbread, a culinary term for the thymus or pancreas, is also part of today's Connections puzzle. The variety of meanings in these words may provide clues to solve the puzzle.",
  "summary": "Why is NYT Connections trending today? Explaining the meanings behind the clues for NYT Connections #1228.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}