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NYT Connections Hints Today, Spoiler Safe

These hints belong to the October 2, 2026 practice board. Yellow is open. The other colors stay closed until you expand them. This is not the Times' official word list.

  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.

The same board is filed at hints for October 2. Full groups are on today's answers.

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  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.