Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Saturday, Oct. 10, #1217 - CNET

Here are today’s Connections hints and answers for NYT Connections No. 1,217 on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. This puzzle was pretty average, I thought, although at first I mixed up some of the yellow and green answers. We’ll give you a hint for each color group first, then reveal today’s Connections answers further down.

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: College students need to know this.

Green group hint: I would guess or assume.

Blue group hint: Think Facebook or Instagram.

Purple group hint: Muhammad Ali

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Today’s Connections answers

Yellow group: Useful when writing a paper.

Green group: Presume.

Blue group: Social media sections.

Purple group: ____ boxing.

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