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 Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, November 4 (game #1242).
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 #1243) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- RAINDROP
- ROSE
- WHISKER
- KITTEN
- GIG
- PEAR
- SPIKE
- NARCISSUS
- WEDGE
- RUN
- LOTUS
- UVULA
- BRANDO
- ANEMONE
- SPEEDBAG
- PLATFORM
NYT Connections today (game #1243) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Boot types
- GREEN: Pretty in bloom
- BLUE: A shape in common
- PURPLE: Altered alcohol
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 #1243) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: KINDS OF HEELS
- GREEN: FLOWERS
- BLUE: TEARDROP-SHAPED THINGS
- PURPLE: LIQUORS WITH LAST LETTERS CHANGED
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1243) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1243, are…
- 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
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
After getting KINDS OF HEELS fairly quickly, I really suffered over the rest of the game.
Getting FLOWERS took me three guesses, as I included RAINDROP and then PEAR instead of NARCISSUS, while LIQUORS WITH LAST LETTERS CHANGED was sheer luck after I’d initially thought that WHISKER and RUN were something to do with skiing, rather than alcohol.
I’m glad I managed to fluke myself home, as TEARDROP-SHAPED THINGS completely eluded me; I had no idea what a UVULA was and thought SPEEDBAG was just a smaller version of a punchball. And as for PEAR – surely that’s pear-shaped, rather than teardrop-shaped?
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, November 4, 2026, game #1242)
- YELLOW: TRIANGULAR PRISMS WITH A SHARP EDGE: DOORSTOP, FLATIRON BUILDING, PIE SLICE, WEDGE
- GREEN: WORDS AFTER “DO NOT” ON A CARE LABEL: BLEACH, IRON, TUMBLE DRY, WRING
- BLUE: MOVE IDLY, WITH “AROUND”: LOLL, POKE, PUTTER, SHUFFLE
- PURPLE: FIRE____: CRACKER, FLY, WOOD, WORKS
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.
