NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, October 12 (game #1219)

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 Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, October 11 (game #1218) .

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 #1219) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) Today's NYT Connections words are… CALAMARI MANDARIN STATE ABBREVIATION NICKNAME HANDLE SHAPE WEATHER CONDITION CONTRACTION SITUATION BEAR ALKYLAMIDE STAND ELISION MELAMINE NYT Connections today (game #1219) - hint #1 - group hints What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Where we’re at GREEN: Put up or shut up BLUE: Brief words PURPLE: As seen on letters and packages 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 #1219) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: STATUS GREEN: TOLERATE BLUE: WORD SHORTENINGS, OFTEN PURPLE: WORDS MADE USING U.S.

POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #1219) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Connections, game #1219, are… YELLOW: STATUS: CONDITION, SHAPE, SITUATION, STATE GREEN: TOLERATE: BEAR, HANDLE, STAND, WEATHER BLUE: WORD SHORTENINGS, OFTEN: ABBREVIATION, CONTRACTION, ELISION, NICKNAME PURPLE: WORDS MADE USING U.S.

POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS: ALKYLAMIDE, CALAMARI, MANDARIN, MELAMINE My rating: Hard My score: Perfect Living and growing up outside of the US put me at a disadvantage for today’s purple group — although I am still not sure I would have seen it even if I was based in the States.

Kudos if you did.

I managed to get through without making any mistakes, but this was one of those games where I got by on hunches and luck and never had a strong hold on what the group categories might be.