Story preview
Topics in this story
Continue reading on the publisher site for the full article.
News Atlas is free and independent. If it’s useful to you, you can support it with a coffee. ☕ Buy me a coffee
Coverage
Tone
Context from Wikipedia on the organisations, people and places in this story.
Daily category-matching puzzle
Connections is a daily category-matching puzzle developed and published by The New York Times as part of The New York Times Games. It was released on June 12, 2023, during its beta phase. It is the second-most-played game that is published by The New York Times, behind Wordle. The puzzles are written by editor Wyna Liu.
More on Wikipedia ↗Outlets covering it
13
in the last 3 days
First reported
2 days ago
12 outlets since
Countries
12 other outlets reported this story in the last 3 days.
Need a Connections hint today? Get a hint for each color group in NYT Connections No. 1,224 on Saturday, Oct. 17, then all four answers.
Looking for a spoiler-free way to find a connection? We have you covered.
If you’re looking for the Connections answer for Thursday, October 15, 2026, read on—I’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories.