Connections #1224 answer — October 17, 2026

Saturday, October 17, 2026 · #1224

Today's yellow group is digital notifications and the purple group is la ___.

Today's board, solved

All four groups

How today's puzzle plays

Yellow — DIGITAL NOTIFICATIONS: ALERT, CHIME, DING, PING.

Green — PHOTO: PRINT, SHOT, SNAP, STILL.

Blue — KINDS OF CRABS: FIDDLER, HERMIT, KING, SNOW.

Purple — LA ___: BOHÈME, BREA, PAZ, SCALA.

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

When two words feel interchangeable, only one of them belongs — test the group that has no spare candidate first.

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