NYT Connections game 1229: hints and answers

Today's puzzle groups sculptures, football positions, bedding starts and things you grip.

Oct 21, 2026

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NYT Connections game 1229: hints and answers

Today's puzzle groups sculptures, football positions, bedding starts and things you grip.

In brief

Today's puzzle groups sculptures, football positions, bedding starts and things you grip. NYT Connections game 1229 for Thursday, October twenty-second groups parts to be grasped, kinds of sculptures, American football positions and starts of bedding. Originally reported by TechRadar.

Today's sixteen words

NYT Connections hints for game 1229 on a purple background

NYT Connections game 1229 for Thursday, October twenty-second gives you mobile, comfort, blank, safety, relief, grip, end, bust, handle, tackle, pill, knob, she, guard, hilt and statue.

Yellow group: parts to grasp

The yellow group, the easiest, groups things you grab hold of. The answer is grip, handle, hilt and knob.

Green group: kinds of sculptures

The green group groups kinds of sculptures. The answer is bust, mobile, relief and statue.

Blue group: football positions

Blue group: football positions

The blue group groups American football positions. The answer is end, guard, safety and tackle.

Purple group: bedding starts

The purple group, the hardest, groups words that start bedding names. The answer is blank, comfort, pill and she.

The tricky yellow group

NYT Connections answers for game 1229 on a purple background

Safety and guard could have fit the parts to grasp group, making yellow harder than usual. Knowing sculpture types helped solve green early.

“You know a game is difficult when the yellow group has multiple possibilities that could trip you up.”

Yesterday's puzzle answers

Wednesday, October twenty-first game 1228 grouped classic children's games, important people, famous paintings and double misnomers where neither word is accurate.

The short version

NYT Connections game 1229 for Thursday, October twenty-second groups parts to be grasped, kinds of sculptures, American football positions and starts of bedding.

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