NYT Connections Answer Today (#1225) – 18 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 #1225 (published 18 Oct 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:
- Angel
- Bureau
- Butter
- Chest
- Coco
- Deodorant
- Dynamite
- Fogerty
- Hazel
- Incense
- Mister
- Obsession
- Opium
- Trunk
- Vaporetto
- Wardrobe
Definitions of the 16 Words
| Angel | A supernatural being often pictured with wings, traditionally regarded as a messenger or guardian figure. |
| Bureau | A chest of drawers used for storing folded clothing, or an office that handles a specific area of government or business. |
| Butter | A soft, pale-yellow dairy spread made by churning cream, commonly used in cooking and baking. |
| Chest | A sturdy, often lidded storage box, or the front part of the body between the neck and the stomach. |
| Coco | A playful nickname, sometimes short for coconut, and also the adopted first name of a legendary French fashion designer. |
| Deodorant | A personal-care product applied to the skin to control or mask body odor. |
| Dynamite | A powerful explosive built around nitroglycerin, historically used for mining and demolition work. |
| Fogerty | A surname belonging to a well-known American rock musician who fronted a famous swamp-rock band in the late 1960s. |
| Hazel | A pale greenish-brown shade often used to describe eye color, and also the name of a nut-bearing tree. |
| Incense | An aromatic substance that is burned to release a fragrant smoke, often used in religious rituals or for relaxation. |
| Mister | A polite title placed before a man’s surname, commonly shortened to ‘Mr.’ |
| Obsession | An intense, persistent preoccupation with a particular idea, desire, or person. |
| Opium | A narcotic substance drawn from the poppy plant, used historically both as medicine and as a recreational drug. |
| Trunk | A large, reinforced storage box used for travel or long-term storage, or the main woody stem of a tree. |
| Vaporetto | A small motorized passenger boat used for public transport, best known for operating in Venice’s canals. |
| Wardrobe | A tall, freestanding cabinet used for hanging and storing clothes. |
General Hints
- Think of the kind of furniture a bedroom holds just to keep your clothes organized.
- These items are commonly sold in a long, narrow, solid form that you hold in your hand.
- Each of these is a famous fragrance name you might spot on a department-store perfume counter.
- Look past the whole word to its opening letters — they secretly spell out something that clouds the air.
Category Titles
- 🟨 Yellow: Places to Store Clothes
- 🟩 Green: Things That Come in Sticks
- 🟦 Blue: Famous Perfumes
- 🟪 Purple: Starting With Things That Cloud the Air
One Word per Category
- 🟨 Yellow: Bureau
- 🟩 Green: Butter
- 🟦 Blue: Angel
- 🟪 Purple: Fogerty
Complete Solution
The full breakdown is below — tap to reveal all four groups:
[CLICK TO REVEAL: Full Solution]
NYT Connections #1225 — Full Groups
- 🟨 Yellow: Places to Store Clothes → Bureau, Chest, Trunk, Wardrobe
- 🟩 Green: Things That Come in Sticks → Butter, Deodorant, Dynamite, Incense
- 🟦 Blue: Famous Perfumes → Angel, Coco, Obsession, Opium
- 🟪 Purple: Starting With Things That Cloud the Air → Fogerty, Hazel, Mister, Vaporetto
The purple group was the real trap today, since each entry only reveals its link once you notice it’s hiding a weather word inside its first few letters.
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