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Spoilers ahead. NYT Connections puzzle #1210 is listed for Saturday, October 3, 2026. Need a nudge first? Look for groups formed by the opening or ending words of familiar phrases. The hints below move from a light clue to the category labels and then the complete solutions.
Hints for Connections #1210
Try these in order, stopping when you have enough to solve the board:
- Pay attention to the first or last word in each entry; some of the links come from those phrase endings and beginnings.
- One group starts with terms associated with a toilet.
- One group ends with musical titles.
- One group starts with names of U.S. museums.
- One group ends with fantasy creatures.
Category labels
- Yellow: Starting with terms for “toilet”
- Green: Ending in musicals
- Blue: Starting with U.S. museums
- Purple: Ending in fantasy creatures
Answers for October 3
The complete board is: WHITNEY HOUSTON, LINDA HAMILTON, RIVER PHOENIX, JOHN DENVER, GETTY IMAGES, ELBOW GREASE, CAN OPENER, SOMETHING WICKED, FAT CATS, HEAD WAITER, MERV GRIFFIN, BROAD BEAN, NY GIANT, MET HALFWAY, W.C. FIELDS, and DIET SPRITE.
Yellow — Starting with terms for “toilet”
- CAN OPENER
- HEAD WAITER
- JOHN DENVER
- W.C. FIELDS
The opening terms are CAN, HEAD, JOHN, and W.C.
Green — Ending in musicals
- ELBOW GREASE
- FAT CATS
- LINDA HAMILTON
- SOMETHING WICKED
The endings are GREASE, CATS, HAMILTON, and WICKED.
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Blue — Starting with U.S. museums
- BROAD BEAN
- GETTY IMAGES
- MET HALFWAY
- WHITNEY HOUSTON
The opening terms are BROAD, GETTY, MET, and WHITNEY.
Purple — Ending in fantasy creatures
- DIET SPRITE
- MERV GRIFFIN
- NY GIANT
- RIVER PHOENIX
The endings are SPRITE, GRIFFIN, GIANT, and PHOENIX.
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How the answer guide was cross-checked
Walkthroughs.net, Try Hard Guides, and GameDaily report the same puzzle number, date, categories, and word groupings. Their reported explanations connect the categories through words at the beginnings or endings of entries. The exact official NYT category wording and puzzle metadata were not independently confirmed by those guides, so these are cross-checked answer-guide solutions rather than an official NYT explanation.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.How Connections works
GameDaily describes Connections as a game where players sort 16 words into four categories and may make four mistakes. That format description is attributed to GameDaily; official NYT rule wording was not confirmed here.
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