NYT Connections Answer Today (#1218) – 11 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 #1218 (published October 11, 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:
- Apply
- Cable
- Electricity
- Employ
- Gloves
- Harness
- Ice Scraper
- Internet
- Map
- Patrick
- Peruse
- Phone
- Registration
- Syntactic
- Utilize
- Wield
Definitions of the 16 Words
| Apply | To put something into practical effect or action. |
| Cable | A bundled set of wires used to transmit power, signals, or television programming. |
| Electricity | The flow of electric charge that powers lights, appliances, and electronics in a home. |
| Employ | To make use of someone or something for a particular purpose. |
| Gloves | Hand coverings often kept in a car for cold mornings or icy windshields. |
| Harness | To capture and control a force or resource so it can be put to productive use. |
| Ice Scraper | A small handheld tool used to clear frost or ice from a car’s windshield. |
| Internet | The global network that delivers web access, streaming, and email to a household. |
| Map | A drawn or printed representation of roads and locations, handy before smartphones took over navigation. |
| Patrick | A given name often associated with Ireland’s patron saint. |
| Peruse | To read or examine something closely, or sometimes just casually, depending on who you ask. |
| Phone | A recurring household service charge for landline or mobile communication. |
| Registration | An official document proving a vehicle is legally recorded with the state. |
| Syntactic | Relating to the structure and arrangement of words in a sentence. |
| Utilize | To use something, especially in a way that makes the most of it. |
| Wield | To hold and use a tool, weapon, or power with skill or authority. |
General Hints
- Yellow: These four actions all describe making something work for you, in slightly different shades of formality.
- Green: Every item in this group lands in your mailbox or inbox around the same time each month, asking to be paid.
- Blue: This set gathers odds and ends a driver might reach for during a sudden downpour or a wrong turn.
- Purple: The trickiest group hides a shorter word meaning “a clever scheme” tucked inside each entry — look past the obvious meanings.
Category Titles
- 🟨 Yellow: Put To Use
- 🟩 Green: Monthly Bills
- 🟦 Blue: Things You Might Find In A Glove Compartment
- 🟪 Purple: Ending In “Gambits”
One Word per Category
- 🟨 Yellow: Harness
- 🟩 Green: Cable
- 🟦 Blue: Map
- 🟪 Purple: Syntactic
Complete Solution
The full breakdown is below — tap to reveal all four groups:
[CLICK TO REVEAL: Full Solution]
NYT Connections #1218 — Full Groups
- 🟨 Yellow: Put To Use → APPLY, HARNESS, UTILIZE, WIELD
- 🟩 Green: Monthly Bills → CABLE, ELECTRICITY, INTERNET, PHONE
- 🟦 Blue: Things You Might Find In A Glove Compartment → GLOVES, ICE SCRAPER, MAP, REGISTRATION
- 🟪 Purple: Ending In “Gambits” → EMPLOY, PATRICK, PERUSE, SYNTACTIC
The purple group is the one most likely to trip people up today, since each entry reads as an everyday word or name until you spot the shorter synonym for “scheme” hiding inside it.
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