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Connections Hint Today: Answers for Oct. 29, # 1,236 - CNET

Here are today’s Connections hints and answers for NYT Connections No. 1,236 on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026.

Today’s Connections hints

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: Got any change?

Green group hint: Cute little cold guys.

Blue group hint: Typefaces.

Purple group hint: Multicolored.

Yellow group: Things you put coins into.

Green group: Associated with penguins.

Blue group: Ends of famous fonts.

Purple group: Things that feature three colors.

CNET publishes daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is things you put coins into.

The four answers are parking meter, payphone, piggy bank and wishing well.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme...

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