Connections #1,227 hints and answers for Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Connections #1,227 hides a dog breed in the lackey group and saves its wordplay for purple: four Disney names that only exist when you say them out loud. 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 mean bring something to an end: a show, a meeting, a roll of film or a working day.
FINISH
FINISH
Group 2 - Green
Hint: all four do someone else's bidding: a henchman, a slavish follower (named for a dog breed), a figurehead moved by strings, and a comic fall guy.
LACKEY
LACKEY
Group 3 - Blue
Hint: all four name the shape of the same strip of facial hair: one angled like a boomerang, one curved like a lucky charm, one thin as a drawn line, and one big and droopy.
MUSTACHES
MUSTACHES
Group 4 - Purple
Hint: say each word out loud and a Disney name appears: a mermaid princess, a book-loving heroine, a bespectacled dwarf and Mickey's sweetheart.