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Connections #1,231 hints and answers for Saturday, October 24, 2026

Edited by Wyna Liu · Groups listed easiest to hardest: yellow, green, blue, purple

Connections #1,231 leans on the word "strip" and on snack foods. For each group below: read the hint first, then show the category name when you want it, then the four words.

Group 1 - Yellow

Hint: all four name a kind of strip: one you eat, one you read in the newspaper, one you watch, and one that twists into a loop with only one side.

KINDS OF STRIPS

KINDS OF STRIPS

BACON · COMIC · FILM · MÖBIUS

Group 2 - Green

Hint: all four are held up on a stick: one you lick frozen, one spins in the wind, one sparkles on the Fourth of July, and one you ride in pretend.

THINGS ON STICKS

THINGS ON STICKS

HOBBY HORSE · PINWHEEL · POPSICLE · SPARKLER

Group 3 - Blue

Hint: all four are ways an ad can show up on a webpage. One stretches across the top, one takes over the screen between pages, and one appears on top of the content.

ONLINE AD FORMATS

ONLINE AD FORMATS

BANNER · INTERSTITIAL · OVERLAY · POP-UP

Group 4 - Purple

Hint: each word goes in front of the same three-letter word: something sweet, something leafy, something you press on a keyboard, and somewhere you watch the game.

___ BAR

___ BAR

CANDY · SALAD · SPACE · SPORTS
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