Puzzle Hints
Here are today’s Connections hints and answers for NYT Connections No. 1,242 on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026.
Today’s Connections hints
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: Same shape.
Green group hint: Laundry guidance.
Blue group hint: In no hurry.
Purple group hint: Flames.
Puzzle Answers
Yellow group: Triangular prisms with a sharp edge.
Green group: Words after do not on a care label.
Blue group: Move idly, with around.
Purple group: Fire.
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The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is triangular prisms with a sharp edge.
The four answers are doorstop, Flatiron Building, pie slice and wedge.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is words after do not on a care label.
The four answers are bleach, iron, tumble dry and wring.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is move idly, with around.
The four answers are loll, poke, putter and shuffle.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is fire.
The four answers are cracker, fly, wood and works.
How to Play
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 puzzle editor Wyna Liu chooses words that could fit in multiple groups.
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