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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is a special one for Halloween: It’s an all-graphic puzzle, where you have to match up pictures instead of words. All categories could qualify as Halloween costumes, if that gives you any hints. If you need help, you’re in the right place. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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Here’s what today’s Connections puzzle looks like before you solve it:
The unsolved NYT Connections puzzle for Oct. 31, 2025. (Completed puzzle grid is lower down in the story.)
Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: And it was just right.
Green group hint: Dancing at the ball.
Blue group hint: I yam what I yam.
Purple group hint: Wokka-wokka! (Here’s another hint.)
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Goldilocks.
Green group: Cinderella.
Blue group: Popeye.
Purple group: Ms. Pac-Man.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Oct. 31, 2025.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is Goldilocks. The four answers are bear, bed, chair and porridge.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is Cinderella. The four answers are mouse, pumpkin, slipper and wand.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is Popeye. The four answers are anchor, cap, pipe and spinach.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is Ms. Pac-Man. The four answers are bow, cherries, ghost and pellets.
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
