Connections #1,219 hints and answers for Monday, October 12, 2026
Connections #1,219 opens with how things stand, puts up with a lot in the green group, shortens language in blue, and finishes with four long words built entirely out of two-letter state codes. For each group below: read the hint first, then show the category name when you want it, then the four words.
Group 1 - Yellow
Hint: all four describe how something is doing right now: its general condition, the shape it is in, the situation it faces, and the state of things.
STATUS
STATUS
Group 2 - Green
Hint: all four are verbs for putting up with something: bear it, handle it, stand it, or weather it and come out the other side.
TOLERATE
TOLERATE
Group 3 - Blue
Hint: each one names a way words get shortened in everyday use: the shortened form itself, a squeezed-together phrase, letters dropped in speech, and a shorter name someone goes by.
WORD SHORTENINGS, OFTEN
WORD SHORTENINGS, OFTEN
Group 4 - Purple
Hint: forget the meanings and read the spelling in two-letter chunks: each long word splits cleanly into state postal codes, as in AL-KY-LA-MI-DE and CA-LA-MA-RI.