By Mashable | Created at 2026-09-29 03:00:47 | Updated at 2026-09-29 04:04:08
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Looking for spoiler-free NYT Connections hints or just wondering why Connections is trending today? We've got what you need to understand the clues for today's puzzle without spoiling any of the answers.
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While we are focused more on meanings than hints in this story, sometimes learning that many of the words have completely unrelated meanings is a clue in and of itself. Connections frequently includes clues that involve words within words and other visual clues.
Delta meaning
A letter of the Greek alphabet.
Hidden meaning
Something not clearly visible
Inside meaning
Something not outside
Model tank meaning
A recreation of the military vehicle.
Monsters meaning
Creatures, frequently scary.
Finding meaning
The process of discovering.
Secret meaning
A fact unknown to others, perhaps by design.
Toy meaning
Something that is used for play.
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Freeze tag meaning
A child's game.
Oral phase meaning
A term linked to Freudian psychoanalysis.
Mouth meaning
A body part that, for a person, includes lips, teeth, and a tongue. It can also mean where a river ends.
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Remote meaning
Isolated.
Stream bed meaning
The bottom of a waterway.
Tucked away meaning
Stashed.
Home game meaning
When a sports team competes at their stadium or arena.
Drainage basin meaning
Where water runs down and eventually collects.
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