Connections #1,223 hints and answers for Friday, October 16, 2026
Connections #1,223 hides two geography groups and finishes with four words that each start with a word for stylish. 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 are small damage: a flake off the rim of a cup, a scuff left on paint, a tiny cut in metal, and a line dragged across a screen.
SURFACE IMPERFECTIONS
SURFACE IMPERFECTIONS
Group 2 - Green
Hint: all four are countries with no sea coast, one each in Africa, Europe, Asia and South America.
LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES
LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES
Group 3 - Blue
Hint: each word is a European country with one letter dropped: a luxury jewelry house is Bulgaria missing its last letter, a first name is Cyprus missing a P, a feeling is Hungary missing an A, and a stretch you can measure is Spain missing an I.
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES MINUS A LETTER
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES MINUS A LETTER
Group 4 - Purple
Hint: each word starts with a word for stylish: a farm bird starts with chic, a president starts with cool, a river horse starts with hip, and British sweets start with smart.