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Hints for Connections #870
Try the clues in order before revealing more. Each one points toward a group without giving away its four words.
- Yellow: Think of stale, overused statements.
- Green: What describes someone with the inside track?
- Blue: Look for buttons used to navigate with a remote control.
- Purple: Add one letter at the beginning of a one-name singer’s name.
Category names
If the clues are not enough, these labels reveal the four themes without listing their answers:
- Yellow: BANALITY
- Green: IN THE KNOW
- Blue: REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS
- Purple: ONE-NAMED SINGER PLUS STARTING LETTER
Full answers for October 28
Spoilers: the table gives every word in each group.
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| Color | Category | Words | Why they fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow | BANALITY | CHESTNUT, CLICHÉ, PLATITUDE, TROPE | Each can refer to a stale or overfamiliar idea; “chestnut” can mean an old, repeatedly told joke. |
| Green | IN THE KNOW | AWARE, HIP, SAVVY, WISE | Each can describe someone who is informed or clued in. |
| Blue | REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS | BACK, HOME, MENU, SELECT | These are labels on navigation buttons found on remotes. |
| Purple | ONE-NAMED SINGER PLUS STARTING LETTER | GUSHER, KENYA, OCHER, PELVIS | Add G to Usher, K to Enya, O to Cher, and P to Elvis. |
How Connections works
The New York Times Help Center describes Connections as a puzzle in which players sort 16 words into four groups of four. Each puzzle has one solution, but words may appear to fit more than one category; editors curate the words and themes using the Oxford Dictionary. The Help Center says the daily puzzle releases at midnight in the player’s timezone. Its access and archive details were checked on September 30, 2026, and may change: it describes the game as free to play on NYT Games and other NYT platforms, with the archive available to All Access and Games subscribers and reaching back to June 12, 2023. Read the NYT Help Center’s Connections details.
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