NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, October 11 (game #853)

Date:
Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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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.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each
day for your time zone which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers
for Friday, October 10 (game #852) .

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Connections today (game #853) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are ALLEY SPORT TACKLE LANE TOM COURT KIT BOB DON BILL WEAR GEAR PAT WAY PUT ON STUFF NYT Connections today (game #853) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Necessary items GREEN: Clothe oneself BLUE: Types of residential road PURPLE: Names
with several meanings

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles NYT
Connections today (game #853) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: EQUIPMENT GREEN: DRESS IN BLUE: STREET SUFFIXES PURPLE: NICKNAMES THAT HAVE OTHER MEANINGS

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #853) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #853, are YELLOW: EQUIPMENT GEAR, KIT, STUFF, TACKLE GREEN: DRESS IN DON, PUT ON, SPORT, WEAR BLUE: STREET SUFFIXES ALLEY, COURT, LANE, WAY PURPLE: NICKNAMES THAT HAVE OTHER MEANINGS BILL, BOB, PAT, TOM My rating: Easy My score: Perfect

There were several crossovers today that could have caught players out DON and WAY also work as NICKNAMES THAT HAVE OTHER MEANINGS, while BOB could also classify as a piece of EQUIPMENT.

After wasting some time thinking that there must be a band with four of the male names in todays game, I got STREET SUFFIXES first. Although I have to admit that it was by accident, as I thought the connection was bowling.

The reasons for these suffixes are often lost when streets are named today COURT, for example, is supposed to indicate a circular dead-end street, LANE
a narrow unpaved road, and WAY a road that connects one place to another.

Its an interesting topic, and if you are feeling a sense of deja-vu its because Connections has been down this road before with a near-identical
group in July 2024 (with Drive instead of Way). Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, October 10, game #852) YELLOW: SIGNIFICANT BIG, IMPORTANT, MAJOR, SERIOUS GREEN: ONE IN A SEPTET CONTINENT, DEADLY SIN, SISTER, WONDER BLUE: TAROT CARDS, WITH "THE" DEVIL, LOVERS, MAGICIAN, STAR PURPLE: ___ EYE EVIL, MAGIC, NAKED, THIRD What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green
is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as
you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there
are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.



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