Connections Hints for October 15, 2026: Clues and Answers

Today's Connections has four hidden groups of four. Start with a gentle nudge and only open more if you need it.

SMOKEBASKETDRYFOOTVOLLEYCANNONRUNPICKLEBASEGOALFORGEFOUNDATIONCURERACINEBOTTOMTOUCHDOWN

Hint 1: One word from each group

Each of these words belongs to a different group.

Hint 2: Yellow (easiest) group theme

The yellow group is Ways To Preserve Food.

Hint 3: Green group theme

The green group is Things You Can Score In Sports.

Hint 4: Blue group theme

The blue group is Lowest Part.

Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme

The purple group is Low Landforms With A Letter Changed.

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Ways To Preserve Food

CURE, DRY, PICKLE, SMOKE

Things You Can Score In Sports

BASKET, GOAL, RUN, TOUCHDOWN

Lowest Part

BASE, BOTTOM, FOOT, FOUNDATION

Low Landforms With A Letter Changed

CANNON, FORGE, RACINE, VOLLEY

About this puzzle

More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.

Why each word belongs in its group, with a short dictionary meaning where one exists.

Yellow (easiest): Ways To Preserve Food

CURE: A method, device or medication that restores good health.
DRY: Free from or lacking moisture.
PICKLE: (chiefly US, Canada, Australia) A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
SMOKE: (uncountable) The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.

Green: Things You Can Score In Sports

BASKET: A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
GOAL: A result that one is attempting to achieve.
RUN: To move swiftly.
TOUCHDOWN: (American football, Canadian football) A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player...

Blue: Lowest Part

BASE: Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
BOTTOM: The lowest part of anything.
FOOT: A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at t...
FOUNDATION: That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supp...

Purple (hardest): Low Landforms With A Letter Changed

CANNON: A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a...
FORGE: To form or create with concerted effort.
RACINE: A city, the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin.
VOLLEY: (sports) A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground.