NYT Connections Answer Today (#1217) – 10 Oct 2026 Solution & Hints
- About Today’s Connections
- The 16 Words
- Definitions of the 16 Words
- General Hints
- Category Titles
- One Word per Category
- Complete Solution (Click to Reveal)
About Today’s Connections
Puzzle #1217 (published October 10, 2026). Sort 16 words into four groups of four, based on a hidden connection. Some words look like they belong together and don’t — that’s by design.
The 16 Words
Here are the 16 words, sorted alphabetically to avoid spoilers:
- BEAT
- DRAFT
- FEED
- FIGURE
- GATHER
- IMAGINE
- KICK
- MESSAGES
- NOTES
- NOTIFICATIONS
- OUTLINE
- PROFILE
- SHADOW
- SUPPOSE
- THESIS
- UN
Definitions of the 16 Words
| BEAT | To defeat an opponent, or to strike something repeatedly. |
| DRAFT | An early, unfinished version of a piece of writing. |
| FEED | A continuously updating stream of posts on a social app. |
| FIGURE | To work something out through reasoning rather than being told directly. |
| GATHER | To form a conclusion based on the information available to you. |
| IMAGINE | To picture something in your mind that isn’t actually in front of you. |
| KICK | To strike out sharply with the foot. |
| MESSAGES | Private notes exchanged between users on an app or platform. |
| NOTES | Brief, informal jottings meant to help you remember something later. |
| NOTIFICATIONS | Pop-up alerts telling you that something new has happened on an app. |
| OUTLINE | A skeleton plan that lays out the main points before the real writing begins. |
| PROFILE | A page that sums up who a user is on a given platform. |
| SHADOW | To trail closely behind someone, often without being noticed. |
| SUPPOSE | To assume something is probably true without firm proof. |
| THESIS | The central claim a piece of writing sets out to defend. |
| UN | A short prefix that flips the meaning of the word it’s attached to. |
General Hints
- Yellow: The pieces that come together before a finished piece of writing exists.
- Green: Different ways of saying you think something, short of being fully certain.
- Blue: Pieces of what greets you when you open a social app.
- Purple: Stick this short syllable in front of a word and you get a style of sparring.
Category Titles
- 🟨 Yellow: Useful When Writing A Paper
- 🟩 Green: Presume
- 🟦 Blue: Social Media Sections
- 🟪 Purple: ___ Boxing
One Word per Category
- 🟨 Yellow: DRAFT
- 🟩 Green: SUPPOSE
- 🟦 Blue: PROFILE
- 🟪 Purple: KICK
Complete Solution
The full breakdown is below — tap to reveal all four groups:
[CLICK TO REVEAL: Full Solution]
NYT Connections #1217 — Full Groups
- 🟨 Yellow: Useful When Writing A Paper → DRAFT, NOTES, OUTLINE, THESIS
- 🟩 Green: Presume → FIGURE, GATHER, IMAGINE, SUPPOSE
- 🟦 Blue: Social Media Sections → FEED, MESSAGES, NOTIFICATIONS, PROFILE
- 🟪 Purple: ___ Boxing → BEAT, KICK, SHADOW, UN
The purple group is the real trap here: UN looks like a stray fragment rather than a word, until you see it slots in front of a sport just like the other three entries do.
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