Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

Looking for today's Connections answers? The Connections answers on October 1 for puzzle #478 are significantly easier than yesterday's puzzle, with the Connections Companion rating this puzzle's difficulty at 3.6 out of 5.

Connections is the hit daily word puzzle brought to you by The New York Times. Edited by Wyna Liu, the game is such a hit it is second only to Wordle as one of the newspaper's most played games. Instructions on how to play the game are below, as are some handy hints to help you solve today's game.