Connections #1217 answer — October 10, 2026

Saturday, October 10, 2026 · #1217

Today's yellow group is useful when writing a paper and the purple group is ___boxing.

Today's board, solved

All four groups

How today's puzzle plays

Yellow — USEFUL WHEN WRITING A PAPER: DRAFT, NOTES, OUTLINE, THESIS.

Green — PRESUME: FIGURE, GATHER, IMAGINE, SUPPOSE.

Blue — SOCIAL MEDIA SECTIONS: FEED, MESSAGES, NOTIFICATIONS, PROFILE.

Purple — ___BOXING: BEAT, KICK, SHADOW, UN.

The purple title has a blank in it, so each purple word completes the phrase ___BOXING rather than sharing a meaning.

Purple groups often depend on how a word is spelled or what it completes, so read the leftovers as letters, not meanings.

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