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 Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, November 5 (game #1243).
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 #1244) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- BACKUP
- PICKUP
- MAKEUP
- HOT ROD
- FLATBED
- FABRIC
- EXTRA
- WOOLENS
- TRAFFIC CONE
- SEMI
- CONSTITUTION
- REPLACEMENT
- SPARE
- OSIRIS
- STRUCTURE
- TANKER
NYT Connections today (game #1244) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Put it together
- GREEN: A replica just in case
- BLUE: Vehicle types
- PURPLE: Optical elements
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 #1244) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: COMPOSITION
- GREEN: COPY
- BLUE: KINDS OF TRUCKS
- PURPLE: ENDING IN PARTS OF THE EYE
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1244) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1244, are…
- YELLOW: COMPOSITION: CONSTITUTION, FABRIC, MAKEUP, STRUCTURE
- GREEN: COPY: BACKUP, EXTRA, REPLACEMENT, SPARE
- BLUE: KINDS OF TRUCKS: FLATBED, PICKUP, SEMI, TANKER
- PURPLE: ENDING IN PARTS OF THE EYE: HOT ROD, OSIRIS, TRAFFIC CONE, WOOLENS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
At a push I might have seen iris in OSIRIS and lens in WOOLENS, but congratulations if your eye knowledge extends to knowing that HOT ROD and TRAFFIC CONE are both ENDING IN PARTS OF THE EYE.
Fortunately, getting the green group was pretty easy – although I did think the category was substitutes, rather than COPY.
My mistake came in assembling KINDS OF TRUCKS, as I included HOT ROD instead of TANKER before realizing my error. I can see clearly now, of course.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Thursday, November 5, 2026, game #1243)
- YELLOW: KINDS OF HEELS: KITTEN, PLATFORM, SPIKE, WEDGE
- GREEN: FLOWERS: ANEMONE, LOTUS, NARCISSUS, ROSE
- BLUE: TEARDROP-SHAPED THINGS: PEAR, RAINDROP, SPEEDBAG, UVULA
- PURPLE: LIQUORS WITH LAST LETTERS CHANGED: BRANDO, GIG, RUN, WHISKER
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.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
