Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Oct. 12 #854

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To solve today’s NYT Connections puzzle, it will help you if you are a bird watcher. But if you need help, you’ve come to the right place. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times now has a Connections Bot, like Wordle’s. Go there after playing to receive a numerical score and have the program analyze your answers. Players registered in the Times Games section can now track their progress, including the number of completed puzzles, win rate, number of times they achieved a perfect score, and their winning streak.

Learn more: Tips, Tricks and Strategies to Help You Win Every Time on NYT Connections

Tips for Today’s Connections Groups

Here are four clues for today’s Connections puzzle groupings, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.

Yellow group index: Again and again and again.

Green group index: Facility.

Blue group index: They steal.

Purple group index: Not sad.

Answers for Today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Forever.

Green group: Established.

Blue group: The birds.

Purple group: Happy ____.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is forever. The four answers are eternal, eternal, everlasting and permanent.

Green words in today’s Connections

The theme is established. The four answers are beginnings, institutes, launches and pioneers.

Blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is birds. The four answers are kite, blackbird, swallow and swift.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is happy ____. The four answers are days, end, returns and trails.