# Connections #1249 hints and answers for November 11, 2026

Spoiler-free hints for all four groups in NYT Connections #1249 on November 11, 2026, from yellow to purple, with each answer hidden until you want it.

URL: https://puzzlehintstoday.com/connections-hint-november-11-2026
Published: 2026-11-11T05:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2026-11-10T23:03:41.472Z

Here are hints for each group in Connections #1249, easiest first. Reveal only the groups you are stuck on. Everything was checked against the official puzzle for November 11, 2026.

## The 16 words

AFTERNOON, AIR MATTRESS, BUBBLE, FOLK, GREEN, HERBAL, HOLISTIC, PATOOT, RHEOSTATS, ROUGH, SAND TRAP, SHREDDER, TEE BOX, TIRE, TRADITIONAL, WHOOPIE CUSHION

## Yellow hint

Think of **approaches to healing** that sit outside, or alongside, a modern pharmacy.

<details><summary>Show the yellow group</summary><p><strong>Kinds of medicine:</strong> FOLK, HERBAL, HOLISTIC, TRADITIONAL</p></details>

## Green hint

Picture where a golfer **walks between the first swing and the final putt**.

<details><summary>Show the green group</summary><p><strong>Parts of a golf course:</strong> GREEN, ROUGH, SAND TRAP, TEE BOX</p></details>

## Blue hint

All four of these **need to be inflated** before they work.

<details><summary>Show the blue group</summary><p><strong>Things filled with air:</strong> AIR MATTRESS, BUBBLE, TIRE, WHOOPIE CUSHION</p></details>

## Purple hint

Ignore the meanings and look at the **last few letters** of each word. Read them backwards.

<details><summary>Show the purple group</summary><p><strong>Ending in palindromes:</strong> AFTERNOON, PATOOT, RHEOSTATS, SHREDDER</p></details>

## The previous day's Connections answers

<details><summary>Show the November 10 groups</summary><p><strong>Hubbub:</strong> BROUHAHA, FOOFARAW, HULLABALOO, KERFUFFLE<br><strong>Literary devices:</strong> HYPERBOLE, METONYMY, ONOMATOPOEIA, OXYMORON<br><strong>Old-timey occupations:</strong> APOTHECARY, HABERDASHER, SCRIVENER, WAINWRIGHT<br><strong>Words with five of one vowel:</strong> ABRACADABRA, BEEKEEPER, INVISIBILITY, PROTOZOOLOGY</p></details>

## How Connections works

The grid has 16 words that belong to four hidden groups of four. Select four words you think share a link and submit them. A wrong guess costs one of your four mistakes, and many words seem to fit two groups on purpose.

## How to solve this grid

The purple group is about spelling, not meaning, so check the end of each word letter by letter. Several two-word entries belong to the golf group, which helps you split them out early.

Looking for the current puzzle? See [today's Connections hints](/connections-hint-today). Also try the [Wordle hints](/wordle-hint-november-11-2026) and [Strands hints](/strands-hint-november-11-2026) for November 11.

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## Frequently asked questions

### What do the colours in Connections mean?

They show difficulty: yellow is the most straightforward group, then green, blue and purple, which is usually the trickiest and often about wordplay.

### How many mistakes can you make in Connections?

You can make four mistakes before the game ends.