Here are today’s Connections hints and answers for NYT Connections No. 1,239 on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.
Daily Hints Overview
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Chomp!
Green group hint: I heart you.
Blue group hint: Love that! Big fan!
Purple group hint: Hidden words referring to getting wet.
Group Solutions
Yellow group: Kinds of teeth.
Green group: Kinds of love.
Blue group: Enthusiast.
Purple group: Synonyms for “soaked” with first letter changed.
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The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is kinds of teeth.
The four answers are bicuspid, canine, incisor and molar.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is kinds of love.
The four answers are brotherly, puppy, self and unrequited.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is enthusiast.
The four answers are fiend, head, hound and lover.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is synonyms for “soaked” with first letter changed.
The four answers are doggy (soggy), maturated (saturated), trenched (drenched) and tripping (dripping).
Playing the Puzzle
In Connections, you look at a grid of 16 words and pick four words that have a connection to one another. You do this four times until all 16 words in the puzzle are grouped. The tough part is that Times puzzle editor Wyna Liu chooses words that could fit in multiple groups. The obvious guess — hey, those are four animals! — is almost always going to be wrong. I’ve compiled my favorite tips for Connections if you need a boost.
Tracking Progress
The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
