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NYT Connections Hints for October 14

Blue needs BREAD. Purple names units that honor people. This October 14, 2026 page is an original practice board in the Connections format, with four hints and a grid you can play.

Need the habit, not this date? The connections hint guide explains what each color is allowed to say. The live day is on hints today.

Hints

  1. Yellow hint

    Four shapes of pasta.

  2. Green hint

    Each one is a cheese.

  3. Blue hint

    The same baked word follows all four.

  4. Purple hint

    Each unit takes a person's name.

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October 14 is a menu until the bread words leave the plate. Ginger, banana, corn, and short are not ingredients in one recipe. They make gingerbread, banana bread, cornbread, and shortbread. Corn sits next to pasta on purpose. The purple row leaves the kitchen: watt, volt, newton, and tesla are units named after people. Tesla is the brand decoy. On this board it is the unit.

  1. Pasta shapes

    PENNE, FUSILLI, RIGATONI, ORZO

    Penne, fusilli, rigatoni, and orzo are pasta shapes.

  2. Cheeses

    BRIE, GOUDA, CHEDDAR, FETA

    Brie, gouda, cheddar, and feta are cheeses.

  3. Words before BREAD

    GINGER, BANANA, CORN, SHORT

    Gingerbread, banana bread, cornbread, and shortbread.

  4. Units named after people

    WATT, VOLT, NEWTON, TESLA

    Watt, volt, newton, and tesla are units named after people.