Connections #862 Answers
Monday, October 20, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #862 for Monday, October 20, 2025. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): affliction
- Green: represented by constellations
- Blue: periodic table symbols
- Purple (hardest): ___corn
Answers
AFFLICTION
BUGBEAR, COMPLEX, DEMON, HANG-UP
REPRESENTED BY CONSTELLATIONS
BIG BEAR, CENTAUR, HUNTER, LYRE
PERIODIC TABLE SYMBOLS
AS, BE, I, K
___CORN
A, CAPRI, POP, UNI
Previous Connections answers
- #861 — topple, parts of a book, lose it, with "out", chocolate bars plus a letter
- #860 — glide, words before "ball" in sports, prolific actors, homophones of synonyms for "vend"
- #859 — used during a presentation, items in a souvenir shop, folktale characters, weather terms
- #858 — fruit desserts, crabby, fish, banana ___
- #857 — types of pools, in the nato phonetic alphabet, ford models, ___ seal
- #856 — captivate, summary, halt, animals minus starting letter
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