NYT Connections Hints for October 21, 2026 (#1335)
Game
ENGLISH HORN
LEAPFROG
ALPHA DOG
SWEETBREAD
HOT POTATO
MANTIS SHRIMP
SUNFLOWERS
BIG CHEESE
AMERICAN GOTHIC
GRAPE-NUTS
CAMPBELL'S SOUP CAN
DUCK DUCK GOOSE
TOP BANANA
THE SCREAM
MUSICAL CHAIRS
HEAVYWEIGHT
Categories
Hints by Category
CLASSIC CHILDREN'S GAMES
Back to CategoriesTraditional games played by children
DUCK DUCK GOOSE
A circle game in which one player taps others and says 'duck' until choosing a 'goose' to chase them.
HOT POTATO
A passing game where players quickly pass an object while music plays and must not be holding it when the music stops.
LEAPFROG
A children's game in which players jump over the bent backs of other players.
MUSICAL CHAIRS
A party game in which players walk around chairs and scramble to sit when the music stops.
IMPORTANT PERSON
Back to CategoriesIdioms for a powerful, important, or leading person
ALPHA DOG
The dominant or leading person in a group, compared to the leader of a dog pack.
BIG CHEESE
A very important, powerful, or influential person; the boss.
HEAVYWEIGHT
An important or influential person, especially in a particular field.
TOP BANANA
The most important or highest-ranking person in a group or organization.
FAMOUS PAINTINGS
Back to CategoriesWell-known paintings or artworks
AMERICAN GOTHIC
Grant Wood's 1930 painting showing a farmer and a woman in front of a Gothic-style house.
CAMPBELL'S SOUP CAN
Andy Warhol's famous Pop Art paintings of Campbell's soup cans.
SUNFLOWERS
Vincent van Gogh's celebrated series of paintings depicting sunflowers.
THE SCREAM
Edvard Munch's iconic Expressionist painting of a figure crying out in distress.
DOUBLE MISNOMERS (NEITHER WORD IS AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION)
Back to CategoriesNames or terms in which both words are inaccurate descriptions
ENGLISH HORN
A woodwind instrument that is neither English nor a horn; it is an alto oboe.
GRAPE-NUTS
A breakfast cereal that contains neither grapes nor nuts; it is made mainly from wheat and barley.
MANTIS SHRIMP
A marine crustacean that is neither a praying mantis nor a true shrimp.
SWEETBREAD
A culinary term for the thymus or pancreas of an animal, neither sweet nor bread.