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Connections NYT Hints and Answers October 25 #867

Stuck on today’s Connections puzzle? We’ve all been there! Before you give up and look at the answers, try our friendly hints to nudge you in the right direction. You can also explore more Daily Wordle Hints & Answers — official home page  for fresh puzzles, smart clues, and daily updates. If you’re ready to see the solutions, we have the full breakdown for the October 25, 2025 game right below.

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Connections Hints for October 25, #867

We’ve ranked the hints from the easiest (Yellow) to the trickiest (Purple) to help you solve the puzzle one group at a time. Good luck!

Hints for Today’s Connections Groups

Yellow group hint: Think of something that means rip-off.
Green group hint: Something that tells time.
Blue group hint: A phrase meaning give to.
Purple group hint: Think Gandhi and Oppenheimer.

Today's Connections Answers and Categories

Ready for the reveal? Here are the four categories and the words that belong to each one.

Yellow Group: Swindle

The words in this group all mean to cheat or defraud someone.

  • fleece
  • hose
  • hustle
  • shaft

Green Group: Digital Watch Features

These are common functions or components you’d find on a modern digital timepiece.
  • alarm
  • date
  • light
  • stopwatch

Blue Group: Confer

The words in this category are all synonyms for granting, bestowing, or giving something (especially rights or titles).
  • accord
  • award
  • grant
  • vest

Purple Group: Best Actor-Winning Biopics

This tricky category connects the titles of four biographical films whose lead actors won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
  • Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman)
  • Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis)
  • Milk (Sean Penn)
  • Ray (Jamie Foxx)

Need More Connections Help? Toughest Puzzles to Date

The NYT Connections puzzle is known for its clever misdirection. If you want to train your brain for tomorrow’s game, here are some of the toughest categories we’ve seen so far. Look out for these patterns!
  • 5: Things You Can Set (mood, record, table, volleyball)
  • 4: One in a Dozen (egg, juror, month, rose)
  • 3: Streets on Screen (Elm, Fear, Jump, Sesame)
  • 2: Power ___ (nap, plant, Ranger, trip)
  • 1: Things That Can Run (candidate, faucet, mascara, nose)
Happy puzzling! We’ll see you back here for tomorrow’s game.

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer Clue for Oct 23. #1587

Here is the clue of  Today Wordle Hints, Answer Clue for Oct 23. #1587

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Today's Wordle

today's Wordle hints

Wordle Hint No. 1: Repeated Letter

Today’s Wordle answer contains one repeated letter.

Wordle Hint No. 2: Vowels

There’s only one vowel in today’s word.

Wordle Hint 3: Last Letter

It ends with the letter L.

Wordle Hint 4: First Letter

The word starts with the letter D.

Wordle Hint No. 5: Meaning

The word refers to a hand tool used to make holes — something you might find in any workshop or toolbox.

Today’s Wordle Answer (October 20, 2025)

If you’ve worked through all the clues and still can’t crack it, the answer to today’s Wordle (#1587) is DRILL.

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Yesterday’s Wordle Answer

Yesterday’s Wordle (October 22, 2025, wordle #1586) was STUNT.

Recent Wordle Answers

  • Oct. 18 (#1582): HAVEN

  • Oct. 19 (#1583): IDEAL

  • Oct. 20 (#1584): LIMBO

  • Oct. 21 (#1585): DETOX

Oct. 15 (#1579): SPOOF

  • Oct. 16 (#1580): CATTY

  • Oct. 17 (#1581): GROSS

  • Oct. 18 (#1582): HAVEN

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