These are the current Connections clues and solutions for NYT Connections number 1225 on Sunday October 18 2026. The blue category stood out immediately to me and likely to many others familiar with 1980s culture. We provide a clue for every color category first before sharing the solutions later in the article.

Current Connections clues

Four clues appear below for the categories in this Connections challenge ordered from the straightforward yellow set to the challenging and occasionally odd purple set.

Yellow category clue: Organize your shirts properly.

Green category clue: Consider a small branch.

Blue category clue: Giorgio represents one example.

Purple category clue: Search for concealed terms.

Yellow category: Locations for keeping garments.

Green category: Items packaged as sticks.

Blue category: Well known fragrances.

Purple category: Beginning with elements that obscure the atmosphere.

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What are the solutions for today's Connections?

The yellow terms in today's Connections

The category covers locations for keeping garments.

The four solutions are bureau chest trunk and wardrobe.

The green terms in today's Connections

The category covers items packaged as sticks.

The four solutions are butter deodorant dynamite and incense.

The blue terms in today's Connections

The category covers well known fragrances.

The four solutions are Angel Coco Obsession and Opium.

The purple terms in today's Connections

The category covers beginning with elements that obscure the atmosphere.

The four solutions are Fogerty (fog) hazel (haze) mister (mist) and vaporetto (vapor).

How to engage with Connections

Within Connections players examine a grid of 16 words and select four that share a link. This process repeats four times until every word is categorized. The difficulty arises because the puzzle creator selects terms that might belong to several categories. The initial assumption such as identifying four animals is frequently incorrect. I have gathered my top strategies for Connections to assist if needed.

The Times offers a Connections Bot similar to the Wordle version. Visit after playing to obtain a numerical rating and review the program's evaluation of responses. Registered users in the Times Games area can track their activity such as completed puzzles success rate perfect scores and ongoing streaks.