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NYT Connections Hints for October 2

Purple sounds like numbers. Blue hides a word that is not on the grid. This October 2, 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

    These four belong on a deck of playing cards.

  2. Green hint

    Each word is water falling from a cloud.

  3. Blue hint

    The same short word can sit in front of all four.

  4. Purple hint

    Say one, two, four, and eight, then spell what you hear.

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October 2 looks like a weather board until the blue row refuses to sit with rain. Dog, tub, sauce, and mess only meet when you put HOT in front of each one. The purple row is a sound match: won, too, for, and ate are one, two, four, and eight spelled the way they sound. If you spend guesses pairing dog with the weather, you are sorting by scene instead of by the missing word.

  1. Card suits

    HEARTS, CLUBS, DIAMONDS, SPADES

    Hearts, clubs, diamonds, and spades are the four suits.

  2. Wet weather

    RAIN, SLEET, HAIL, DRIZZLE

    Rain, sleet, hail, and drizzle are kinds of wet weather.

  3. Words after HOT

    DOG, TUB, SAUCE, MESS

    Hot dog, hot tub, hot sauce, and hot mess.

  4. Homophones of 1, 2, 4, and 8

    WON, TOO, FOR, ATE

    Won, too, for, and ate sound like one, two, four, and eight.