NYT Connections No. 1,231 answers published for Oct. 24
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The gist
The New York Times published Connections No. 1,231 answers for Oct. 24, with yellow "Kinds of strips."
The daily word game's color-coded groups reset each day, so solvers chase fresh hints.
Background
Connections is one of the most popular New York Times word games, built around finding the "common threads between words." Players pick four words with a connection from a grid of 16, four times over; groups are color-coded yellow (easiest), green, blue and purple, and players get up to four mistakes. Like Wordle, it resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier, which is why outlets publish daily hints and answers.
How it unfolded
- Oct 16, 2026Connections #1223 was covered, with hints "Nick," "Chad," "Bulgari" and "Chicken."
- Oct 20, 2026No. 1,227 answers published, including yellow "Finish" and purple "Homophones of Disney characters."
- Oct 21, 2026No. 1,228 answers published, including yellow "Classic children's games" and green "Important person."
- Oct 22, 2026The #1,229 board included words such as MOBILE, COMFORT, BLANK and SAFETY, with categories listed as related nouns and wordplay.
- Oct 23, 2026No. 1,230 answers published, including green "Things you install on a computer" and purple "____ tap."
- Oct 24, 2026No. 1,231 answers published: yellow "Kinds of strips," green "Things on sticks," blue "Online ad formats" and purple "____ bar."
Who’s saying what
- Expert
- CNET writer Gael Cooper said of No. 1,231 that she kept seeing different food items and wanting to group them together, but it's rarely that simple.
- Analysts
- Mashable said the Oct. 24 puzzle is not too difficult if you're a math whiz.
- Expert
- Cooper said No. 1,230 was a little tough for her, with words like "driver" and "distance" sending her looking for a car-race grouping.