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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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, November 9 (game #1247).
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 #1248) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- ABRACADABRA
- ONOMATOPOEIA
- APOTHECARY
- FOOFARAW
- OXYMORON
- PROTOZOOLOGY
- HULLABALOO
- HABERDASHER
- BEEKEEPER
- SCRIVENER
- HYPERBOLE
- BROUHAHA
- WAINWRIGHT
- KERFUFFLE
- INVISIBILITY
- METONYMY
NYT Connections today (game #1248) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW:A loud fuss
- GREEN:Wordsmithery
- BLUE:Job titles of yesteryear
- PURPLE:The same letter a lot
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 #1248) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW:HUBBUB
- GREEN:LITERARY DEVICES
- BLUE:OLD-TIMEY OCCUPATIONS
- PURPLE:WORDS WITH FIVE OF ONE VOWEL
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1248) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1248, are…
- YELLOW: HUBBUB:BROUHAHA, FOOFARAW, HULLABALOO, KERFUFFLE
- GREEN: LITERARY DEVICES:HYPERBOLE, METONYMY, ONOMATOPOEIA, OXYMORON
- BLUE: OLD-TIMEY OCCUPATIONS:APOTHECARY, HABERDASHER, SCRIVENER, WAINWRIGHT
- PURPLE: WORDS WITH FIVE OF ONE VOWEL:ABRACADABRA, BEEKEEPER, INVISIBILITY, PROTOZOOLOGY
- My rating: Hard
- My score:3 mistakes
My one-word-review of today’s game is “frustrating”.
From the start I found the tiles very discombobulating in their wordiness, but that wasn’t what led to my frustration. Instead, it was crossovers. For HUBBUB I understood that I was looking for tiles about making an unnecessary fuss, but included HYPERBOLE instead of FOOFARAW.
Then, it took me three guesses to get OLD-TIMEY OCCUPATIONS, as I’d included BEEKEEPER because I thought APOTHECARY was a place, rather than an occupation. D’oh! And then I dropped SCRIVENER before finally getting the correct foursome.
Ah well, at least I got the groups in difficulty order.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Monday, November 9, 2026, game #1247)
- YELLOW: DECEITFUL SCHEME:CON JOB, FLIMFLAM, RIP-OFF, SHELL GAME
- GREEN: JEANS DESCRIPTORS:BOOTCUT, DISTRESSED, LOW-RISE, SKINNY
- BLUE: THINGS WITH SERRATED EDGES:GRAPEFRUIT SPOON, MINT LEAF, STEAK KNIFE, TAPE DISPENSER
- PURPLE: ENDING IN SEA CREATURES:CARD SHARK, FUN SPONGE, GAMMA RAY, NAVY SEAL
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.
