Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle has a really varied mix today. Some of them were easy to classify, but if you need help, you're in the right place. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak. Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time Hints for today's Connections groups Here are four hints for the groupings in today's Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group. Yellow group hint: A teacher might use these. Green group hint: Vacation purchases. Blue group hint: Iconic stories. Purple group hint: Is it raining? Answers for today's Connections groups Yellow group: Used during a presentation. Green group: Items in a souvenir shop. Blue group: Folktale characters. Purple group: Weather terms. Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words What are today's Connections answers? The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Oct. 17, 2025. NYT/Screenshot by CNET The yellow words in today's Connections The theme is used during a presentation. The four answers are clicker, laser pointer, projector and slides. The green words in today's Connections The theme is items in a souvenir shop. The four answers are figurine, key ring, magnet and postcard. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is folktale characters. The four answers are Chicken Little, Jack, Thumbelina and Tom Thumb. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is weather terms. The four answers are Beaufort scale, dewpoint, heat index and wind chill.