NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, October 18 (game #1225)

Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'.

If you're looking for Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, October 17 (game #1224) .

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories.

It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course.

I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #1225) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) Today's NYT Connections words are… ANGEL BUTTER HAZEL DEODORANT COCO DYNAMITE MISTER FOGERTY CHEST INCENSE VAPORETTO BUREAU OBSESSION TRUNK OPIUM WARDROBE NYT Connections today (game #1225) - hint #1 - group hints What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Where to keep your clobber GREEN: A shared packaging format BLUE: Cologne of note PURPLE: A beginning that is hard to see Need more clues? We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles… NYT Connections today (game #1225) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: PLACES TO STORE CLOTHES GREEN: THINGS THAT COME IN STICKS BLUE: FAMOUS PERFUMES PURPLE: STARTING WITH THINGS THAT CLOUD THE AIR Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #1225) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Connections, game #1225, are… YELLOW: PLACES TO STORE CLOTHES: BUREAU, CHEST, TRUNK, WARDROBE GREEN: THINGS THAT COME IN STICKS: BUTTER, DEODORANT, DYNAMITE, INCENSE BLUE: FAMOUS PERFUMES: ANGEL, COCO, OBSESSION, OPIUM PURPLE: STARTING WITH THINGS THAT CLOUD THE AIR: FOGERTY, HAZEL, MISTER, VAPORETTO My rating: Hard My score: 1 mistake I managed (just about) to resist the temptation of linking the four words that could end with “nut” — COCO, HAZEL, CHEST, and BUTTER — but the thought they were linked still clouded my judgement.

Recognizing OBSESSION, OPIUM and ANGEL as FAMOUS PERFUMES, I opted for VAPORETTO for some inexplicable reason, before seeing that COCO was the obvious fourth cologne.