Connections #1,228 hints and answers for Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Connections #1,228 mixes playground games with art history and a purple group where every name lies twice. 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 playground classics: one has you tapping heads in a circle, one passes an imaginary hot object fast, one has you jumping over crouched friends, and one freezes when the music stops.
CLASSIC CHILDREN'S GAMES
CLASSIC CHILDREN'S GAMES
Group 2 - Green
Hint: all four are slangy names for the most important person in the group: two are foods, one is a boxing weight class, and one leads a pack of dogs.
IMPORTANT PERSON
IMPORTANT PERSON
Group 3 - Blue
Hint: all four are famous works of art: a farm couple with a pitchfork, a soup can, a field of yellow flowers, and a figure screaming on a bridge.
FAMOUS PAINTINGS
FAMOUS PAINTINGS
Group 4 - Purple
Hint: each name is wrong on both words: a woodwind that is neither English nor a horn, a cereal with no grapes and no nuts, a crustacean that is neither mantis nor true shrimp, and a meat dish that is neither sweet nor bread.