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NYT Connections hints today: Meanings for each word for Oct. 18, 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.

Bureau meaning

A government or organizational department.

Chest meaning

A large, sturdy storage box.

Trunk meaning

A large, sturdy chest or case used for packing and transporting clothes and personal possessions.

Wardrobe meaning

A built-in cabinet with doors, rails or shelves used for hanging and storing clothes.

Butter meaning

A pale yellow, fatty dairy product made by churning cream or milk.

Deodorant meaning

A personal care product applied to the body to neutralize, suppress or mask unpleasant body odors

Dynamite meaning

A powerful high explosive made by soaking nitroglycerin into an absorbent material.

Incense meaning

A substance made from plant materials, gums, spices or essential oils that releases a sweet, fragrant smoke or odor when burned.

Angel meaning

A spiritual, supernatural or celestial being found in various religious and cultural traditions.

Coco meaning

Short for the coconut palm or its fruit.

Obsession meaning

Continuous or recurring ideas, urges, or images that capture mental control.

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Opium meaning

The dried, milky latex collected from the seed capsules of the opium poppy.

Fogerty meaning

An Irish surname.

Hazel meaning

A deciduous shrub or small tree of the birch family.

Mister meaning

A physical apparatus or spray bottle used to emit a fine mist of water for plants or cooling.

Vaporetto meaning

A motorboat that functions as a public water bus in Venice, Italy.

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