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Connections #1,226 hints and answers for Monday, October 19, 2026

Edited by Wyna Liu · Groups listed easiest to hardest: yellow, green, blue, purple

Connections #1,226 hides a bird at the end of four ordinary words and puts a drive-through menu in the blue group. 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 what barely contained anger does: it simmers like a pot, it smokes, it rages out loud, and it vents off pressure.

SEETHE

BOIL · FUME · RAVE · STEAM

Group 2 - Green

Hint: all four mean talk with nothing behind it: endless chatter, boastful bluff, inflated words and a long-winded speech.

ALL TALK

BLATHER · GAS · HOT AIR · WIND

Group 3 - Blue

Hint: all four are items at a famous fast-food chain once you put Mc in front of them: a soft-serve dessert, a breakfast sandwich, a breaded chicken piece and a pork sandwich.

"MC" THINGS AT MCDONALD'S

FLURRY · MUFFIN · NUGGETS · RIB

Group 4 - Purple

Hint: each word ends with the name of a bird: a wader hiding in an excuse, a floating party item, a holding account with a crow at the end, and a haircut named for a hawk.

ENDING IN BIRDS

ALIBIS · BALLOON · ESCROW · MOHAWK

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