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NYT Connections Answer — October 20, 2026

Puzzle #1227 · 16 words, 4 groups

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Here is the full solution to the NYT Connections puzzle for Tuesday, October 20, 2026 (#1227). The 16-word board is below, followed by all four groups — in difficulty order from yellow (easiest) to purple (trickiest). Answers stay hidden until you tap Reveal, so you can peek at the board first.

Today's board

CHEVRON

DOCK

BELL

PENCIL

POODLE

WRAP

MINI

MINION

WALRUS

PUPPET

HORSESHOE

ARIAL

STOP

STOOGE

END

The four groups

Yellow · StraightforwardFINISH

CLOSE, END, STOP, WRAP

Green · ModerateLACKEY

MINION, POODLE, PUPPET, STOOGE

Blue · TrickyMUSTACHES

CHEVRON, HORSESHOE, PENCIL, WALRUS

Purple · TrickiestHOMOPHONES OF DISNEY CHARACTERS

ARIAL, BELL, DOCK, MINI

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NYT Connections gives you a grid of 16 words. Your goal is to sort them into four groups of four, where each group shares a hidden connection. The groups are colour-coded by difficulty: yellow is the most straightforward, then green and blue, and purple is usually the trickiest — often a wordplay or category twist. You get four mistakes before the game ends, and words that could fit more than one group are the classic traps.

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Tap Reveal the 4 groups above to see all four categories and their words for #1227, in difficulty order from yellow to purple.

What do the colours mean?

Yellow is the easiest group, followed by green and blue, and purple is the hardest — usually the one with a twist or wordplay.

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