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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, November 14 (game #1252).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #1253) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- JET
- TRAVEL
- SLEEK
- RECORD
- REGISTRY
- ARCHIVE
- INCLINED
- DRESS CODE
- RAPSCALLION
- ALL-TIME
- RSVP
- CARTESIAN
- HISTORIC
- ASTRAL
- OCTONION
- UNPRECEDENTED
NYT Connections today (game #1253) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW:Class of its own
- GREEN:Planning for the big day
- BLUE:Adding a flying word
- PURPLE:Hidden veg
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #1253) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW:UNMATCHED
- GREEN:WEDDING WEBSITE SECTIONS
- BLUE:____PLANE
- PURPLE:ENDING IN VEGETABLES IN THE ALLIUM FAMILY
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1253) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1253, are…
- YELLOW: UNMATCHED:ALL-TIME, HISTORIC, RECORD, UNPRECEDENTED
- GREEN: WEDDING WEBSITE SECTIONS:DRESS CODE, REGISTRY, RSVP, TRAVEL
- BLUE: ____PLANE:ASTRAL, CARTESIAN, INCLINED, JET
- PURPLE: ENDING IN VEGETABLES IN THE ALLIUM FAMILY:ARCHIVE, OCTONION, RAPSCALLION, SLEEK
- My rating: Hard
- My score:1 mistake
I knew that OCTONION was a shape, but seeing no others decided that its group must have something to do with the fact that it ended in onion.
Spotting chive, leek and scallion in ARCHIVE, RAPSCALLION and SLEEK earned me a rare Purple First, but a mistake made this an imperfect game.
My error came from collecting the group of tiles that ended with _____ PLANE; JET and ASTRAL were strong connections and I took a guess with CARTESIAN, but I guessed RECORD first before opting for INCLINED.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, November 14, 2026, game #1252)
- YELLOW: CUTTING-EDGE:ADVANCED, FOREMOST, MODERN, PROGRESSIVE
- GREEN: LOCATIONS FOR AN INSTITUTION:CAMPUS, CENTER, COMPLEX, FACILITY
- BLUE: STRATEGY BOARD GAMES:CHESS, GO, OTHELLO, STRATEGO
- PURPLE: BABY GEAR WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED:BATTLE, MARRIAGE, MOTTLE, TRIB
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
