Looking for a hint for today’s Connections puzzle? Below, we have clues to help you unlock whichever category has you stumped for the puzzle on October 20, 2025.
Connections first launched on the New York Times in June 2023. The premise is deceptively simple: Players have to find the thematic connection of four groups of four words … without making more than four mistakes.
Today’s Connections has categories about ughs, ahs and more.
Below are the hints, categories and answers for today’s Connections game, puzzle #862, on October 20.
A hint for each Connections category today, October 20
Yellow group hint: Things you can’t shake
Green group hint: Things you see in the stars
Blue group hint: Things you see on the element chart
Purple group hint: Things that all share maze
A word in each Connections category today, October 20
Yellow group word: Complex
Green group word: Hunter
Blue group word: Be
Purple group word: Capri
Connections categories today, October 20
Yellow group category: Affliction
Green group category: Represented by constellations
Blue group category: Periodic table symbols
Purple group category: _____corn
Here are the answers to Connections today, October 20
What are the yellow words in today’s Connections?
Affliction: Bugbear, complex, demon, hang-up
What are the green words in today’s Connections?
Represented by constellations: Big bear, centaur, hunter, lyre
What are the blue words in today’s Connections?
Periodic table symbols: As, Be, I, K
What are the purple words in today’s Connections?
_____corn: A, Capri, pop, uni
