Connections Hints for October 20, 2026
· No. 1,227
One hint per group, yellow to purple. Open only the group you're stuck on — the full solution stays hidden until you tap for it.
Hint 1 · Yellow group
What you say when the job is done, or when the director is happy with the last take.
Hint 2 · Green group
Someone who does whatever the boss says, no questions asked.
Hint 3 · Blue group
Look just below the nose. These are styles, some neat, some bushy.
Hint 4 · Purple group
Say each word out loud. They sound like characters from animated films.
Show today’s answer
- Yellow (Finish): CLOSE, END, STOP, WRAP
- Green (Lackey): MINION, POODLE, PUPPET, STOOGE
- Blue (Mustaches): CHEVRON, HORSESHOE, PENCIL, WALRUS
- Purple (Homophones of Disney characters): ARIAL, BELL, DOCK, MINI
Purple was the sneaky one: ARIAL sounds like Ariel, BELL like Belle, DOCK like Doc and MINI like Minnie.
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How our Connections hints work
Yellow first, purple last
The hints follow the puzzle's own order from easiest to trickiest, so you can stop wherever you are.
A hint names the theme, not the words
It tells you what the four words have in common. Spotting which four is still your job.
The trap gets a warning
When a word looks like it belongs to two groups, the hint for the harder group says so.