NYT Connections #1235 answer & hints: Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Updated: Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · Hints reviewed by Omer Liban · New puzzle daily at midnight US Eastern Time (5am UK). · Puzzle editor: Wyna Liu.

This page has every level of help for the NYT Connections puzzle #1235 of Wednesday, October 28, 2026: 3 spoiler-free hint tiers that narrow things down step by step, followed by the complete answers with explanations — each behind its own tap-to-reveal card.

Stuck on today's Connections? Work through the hint tiers below — each one gives away a little more, so you can get exactly as much help as you want and still keep the win.

New to Connections? The four answer groups are colour-coded by difficulty: 🟡 yellow is the easiest, then 🟢 green, 🔵 blue, and 🟣 purple — the trickiest, usually built on wordplay. The hints below use those colours.

Connections hints (October 28, 2026)

1One word from each group

Yellow (easiest): one of its words is “ATTRACTION”.
Green (easy): one of its words is “ATTACHMENT”.
Blue (tricky): one of its words is “CURIOSITY”.
Purple (trickiest, usually wordplay): one of its words is “COARSE”.

2Category hints (no answers)

Yellow (easiest): the theme is “Romantic liking”.
Green (easy): the theme is “Components of an email”.
Blue (tricky): the theme is “Nasa mars rovers”.
Purple (trickiest, usually wordplay): the theme is “Homophones of paths”.

3One full group revealed

Yellow (easiest) — the connection is “Romantic liking”, and its four words are: ATTRACTION, CRUSH, FEELINGS, INTEREST.

Connections answers — October 28, 2026 (#1235)

★Today's full Connections answers, explained

Yellow (easiest) — the connection is “Romantic liking”. The words: ATTRACTION, CRUSH, FEELINGS, INTEREST.
Green (easy) — the connection is “Components of an email”. The words: ATTACHMENT, BODY, SIGNATURE, SUBJECT.
Blue (tricky) — the connection is “Nasa mars rovers”. The words: CURIOSITY, OPPORTUNITY, PERSEVERANCE, SPIRIT.
Purple (trickiest, usually wordplay) — the connection is “Homophones of paths”. The words: COARSE, RODE, ROUT, WEIGH.

The puzzle, explained

The purple category was devilishly clever because it required recognizing homophones of path-related words—"coarse" sounds like "course," "rode" sounds like "road," "rout" sounds like "route," and "weigh" sounds like "way." The tricky part was that all four words are legitimate English words themselves, so your brain kept trying to find a connection between their actual meanings rather than their sounds. "Rode" and "route" were particularly sneaky baits since they already *are* path-related words, making it feel like they belonged together without needing the homophone twist. "Curiosity" was the real red herring for the blue group—it's such a common word that it felt like it might overlap with the yellow "romantic liking" category, which nearly derailed the whole solve.

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What time does NYT Connections reset?

A new Connections puzzle is released daily at midnight US Eastern Time — that's 5am in the UK (4am during US daylight-saving transitions) and 12:00am for US East Coast players.

What do the Connections colours mean?

Yellow is the easiest group, then green, then blue, and purple is the trickiest — purple usually involves wordplay such as homophones, hidden words or 'words before/after X'.

How many mistakes are allowed in Connections?

You can make four mistakes before the puzzle ends. If you see 'one away…', exactly three of your four selected words belong together.

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