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 heck of a purple category. 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: Move smoothly. Green group hint: You throw it in many games. Blue group hint: Screen stars. Purple group hint: They sound like words involving retail. Answers for today's Connections groups Yellow group: Glide. Green group: Words before "ball" in sports. Blue group: Prolific actors. Purple group: Homophones of synonyms for "vend." 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. 18, 2025. NYT/Screenshot by CNET The yellow words in today's Connections The theme is glide. The four answers are breeze, coast, float and skate. The green words in today's Connections The theme is words before "ball" in sports.The four answers are dodge, hand, pickle and racquet. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is prolific actors. The four answers are Bacon, Cage, Cruise and Ford. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is homophones of synonyms for "vend." The four answers are cell (sell), hock (hawk), pedal (peddle) and trayed (trade).