NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Friday, October 17, 2025 (#859)

Puzzle #859. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

Just tell me the answer

The NYT Connections answer for Friday, October 17, 2025 (puzzle #859) is: YELLOW — USED DURING A PRESENTATION: CLICKER, LASER POINTER, PROJECTOR, SLIDES. GREEN — ITEMS IN A SOUVENIR SHOP: FIGURINE, KEY RING, MAGNET, POSTCARD. BLUE — FOLKTALE CHARACTERS: CHICKEN LITTLE, JACK, THUMBELINA, TOM THUMB. PURPLE — WEATHER TERMS: BEAUFORT SCALE, DEWPOINT, HEAT INDEX, WIND CHILL.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Friday, October 17, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

TOM THUMB
MAGNET
CLICKER
JACK
POSTCARD
HEAT INDEX
WIND CHILL
LASER POINTER
KEY RING
CHICKEN LITTLE
THUMBELINA
FIGURINE
SLIDES
BEAUFORT SCALE
PROJECTOR
DEWPOINT

How hard is Connections #859?

Easy35/100
  • At least one entry is a phrase rather than a single word.

Where to start: Every category here is meaning-based, so group by topic first and use the four-per-group constraint to settle any word that could go two ways.

Connections hints for Friday, October 17, 2025

Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.

NYT Connections answers for Friday, October 17, 2025

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Friday, October 17, 2025?

The NYT Connections answer for Friday, October 17, 2025 (puzzle #859) is: YELLOW — USED DURING A PRESENTATION: CLICKER, LASER POINTER, PROJECTOR, SLIDES. GREEN — ITEMS IN A SOUVENIR SHOP: FIGURINE, KEY RING, MAGNET, POSTCARD. BLUE — FOLKTALE CHARACTERS: CHICKEN LITTLE, JACK, THUMBELINA, TOM THUMB. PURPLE — WEATHER TERMS: BEAUFORT SCALE, DEWPOINT, HEAT INDEX, WIND CHILL.

What is the purple group in Connections #859?

The purple (hardest) group is "WEATHER TERMS": BEAUFORT SCALE, DEWPOINT, HEAT INDEX, WIND CHILL.

What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "USED DURING A PRESENTATION" — CLICKER, LASER POINTER, PROJECTOR, SLIDES. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Friday, October 17, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #859. Connections launched on 12 June 2023 with puzzle #1, and a new puzzle is published every day.

What time does a new NYT Connections puzzle come out?

A new Connections puzzle unlocks at midnight in your own local time zone, so the changeover happens at a different moment around the world. The puzzle itself is the same for everyone on a given date.