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NYT Connections game 1226: hints and answers
Monday's puzzle groups words about anger, talking, McDonald's menu items and bird-related phrases.
In brief
Monday's puzzle groups words about anger, talking, McDonald's menu items and bird-related phrases. NYT Connections game 1226 for Monday, October nineteen features four groups: words meaning really angry, phrases about mouthing off, McDonald's menu items with M C in the name, and phrases ending in bird names…
Today's sixteen words
NYT Connections game 1226 for Monday, October nineteen presents these sixteen words: Mohawk, Muffin, Hot Air, Balloon, Rave, Wind, Flurry, Steam, Gas, Rib, Fume, Alibis, Boil, Blather, Escrow, Nuggets.
Yellow group: really angry
The yellow group, rated easy, contains four words meaning really angry. The answer is Seethe: Boil, Fume, Rave, Steam.
Green group: mouthing off
The green group contains four phrases about mouthing off or talking without substance. The answer is All Talk: Blather, Gas, Hot Air, Wind.
Blue group: McDonald's items
The blue group, rated quite tough, contains four things available at McDonald's with M C in the name. The answer is M C Things at McDonald's: Flurry, Muffin, Nuggets, Rib.
Purple group: bird endings
The purple group, rated very difficult, contains four phrases that end with bird names. The answer is Ending in Birds: Alibis, Balloon, Escrow, Mohawk.
Solver's path to the answer
The solver initially grouped Steam, Hot Air, Gas and Wind thinking they made balloons move, but the One Away pop-up revealed the correct grouping.
“all mouth and no trousers”
Puzzle difficulty and performance
The solver rated game 1226 as hard and scored one mistake. The McRib clue prompted reflection that it has appeared on UK menus only a couple of times since the nineteen eighties.
What to remember
NYT Connections game 1226 for Monday, October nineteen features four groups: words meaning really angry, phrases about mouthing off, McDonald's menu items with M C in the name, and phrases ending in bird names.
