NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Wednesday, October 22, 2025 (#864)

Puzzle #864. 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 Wednesday, October 22, 2025 (puzzle #864) is: YELLOW — UTILITIES: ELECTRIC, GAS, TELEPHONE, WATER. GREEN — ADAPT TO FIT ONE'S NEEDS: FASHION, MOLD, SHAPE, TAILOR. BLUE — KINDS OF ANTS: ARMY, CARPENTER, FIRE, PHARAOH. PURPLE — COPY___: CAT, PASTA, RIGHT, WRITER.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Wednesday, October 22, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

FASHION
WRITER
PASTA
SHAPE
PHARAOH
TAILOR
FIRE
WATER
GAS
CARPENTER
ELECTRIC
MOLD
TELEPHONE
CAT
RIGHT
ARMY

How hard is Connections #864?

Medium42/100
  • One category runs on wordplay rather than meaning.

Where to start: Look for the four words that combine with "Copy" — locking that group down removes four red herrings from the rest of the grid.

Connections hints for Wednesday, October 22, 2025

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

NYT Connections answers for Wednesday, October 22, 2025

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Wednesday, October 22, 2025?

The NYT Connections answer for Wednesday, October 22, 2025 (puzzle #864) is: YELLOW — UTILITIES: ELECTRIC, GAS, TELEPHONE, WATER. GREEN — ADAPT TO FIT ONE'S NEEDS: FASHION, MOLD, SHAPE, TAILOR. BLUE — KINDS OF ANTS: ARMY, CARPENTER, FIRE, PHARAOH. PURPLE — COPY___: CAT, PASTA, RIGHT, WRITER.

What is the purple group in Connections #864?

The purple (hardest) group is "COPY___": CAT, PASTA, RIGHT, WRITER.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "UTILITIES" — ELECTRIC, GAS, TELEPHONE, WATER. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #864. 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.