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 diverse mix of topics. The purple one might make you hungry, and it also includes a classic Connections letter-addition trick. 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: Tip over. Green group hint: Time to read. Blue group hint: Think tantrums. Purple group hint: Trick-or-treat treats, with a different letter. Answers for today's Connections groups Yellow group: Topple. Green group: Part of a book. Blue group: Lose it, with "out." Purple group: Chocolate bars plus a letter. 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. 19, 2025. NYT/Screenshot by CNET The yellow words in today's Connections The theme is topple. The four answers are fall, spill, tumble and wipeout. The green words in today's Connections The theme is part of a book. The four answers are cover, jacket, leaves and spine. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is lose it, with "out." The four answers are bug, flip, freak and wig. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is chocolate bars plus a letter. The four answers are crunchy, dover, marsh and skort. (Crunch, Dove, Mars and Skor.)