NYT Connections hints today: Meanings for each word for Oct. 13, 2026

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While we are focused more on meanings than hints in this story, sometimes learning that many of the words have completely unrelated meanings is a clue in and of itself. Connections frequently includes clues that involve words within words and other visual clues.

Eye meaning

An organ used for seeing.

Lash meaning

To tie things together.

Lips meaning

A body part possessed by some vertebrates.

Jacket meaning

Outerwear designed to keep you warm, looking stylish, or both

Tie meaning

To lash things together.

Sense meaning

An awareness of something.

Change meaning

To alter the state or condition of something.

Belt meaning

A clothing item often used to hold up trousers.

Ring meaning

An item of jewelry, often worn on fingers.

Taste meaning

A sense that allows us to determine the flavor of something.

Cup meaning

An item used for beverages or as part of a trophy.

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Hitch meaning

A variety of knot.

Cannon meaning

An archaic weapon using gunpowder to fire a variety of ammo types at the enemy.

Tether meaning

To attach something to something else.

Flair meaning

To have style or do something with style.

Ends meaning

The limits of something.

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