Here are the answers for the New York Times (NYT) Connections puzzle #856 today, released on October 14th, 2025, and some hints to help you solve them.
New York Times have a variety of puzzle games available for their readers and there are new puzzles to play on a daily basis. One of these games is called Connections.
The rules of the game are simple for Connections. There are sixteen words for players to sort into four groups of four words that share something in common.
Once you think you have figured out a group, simply click on the four words and click on submit to see if you got it right. You are allowed to get 4 mistakes to solve the puzzle.
Each group is assigned a colour, which shows how easy it should be to group it from yellow, being straightforward, to purple, tricky.
If you’re struggling with today’s NYT Connections answers, we’ve included some hints to help you out. If that’s not enough, we have the answers too.
There are sixteen words for the Connection puzzles, which are:
- STEM
- EASEL
- ABSORB
- DIGEST
- ANTHER
- REVIEW
- CHECK
- HARK
- BRIEF
- HOLD
- STAUNCH
- LAMA
- ENGAGE
- CURB
- OUTLINE
- OCCUPY
Connections 856 Group Hints Today (October 14th, 2025)
We know some of you would prefer to have hints for the solution today instead of seeing the answer, so we’ve provided some below to help you out.
- Hint 1: One of the groups is “HALT“.
- Hint 2: ANTHER and HARK are in the same group.
- Hint 3: BRIEF and OUTLINE are in the same group.
- Hint 4: One group of words is “CAPTIVATE “.
What are the Connections 856 Answers Today? (10/14/25)
Here are the answers to NYT Connections puzzle 856 released on 14th October 2025:
- CAPTIVATE – ABSORB, ENGAGE, HOLD, OCCUPY
- SUMMARY – BRIEF, DIGEST, OUTLINE, REVIEW
- HALT – CHECK, CURB, STAUNCH, STEM
- ANIMALS MINUS STARTING LETTER – ANTHER, EASEL, HARK, LAMA
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