Looking for NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, November 11, 2026? Puzzle #1249 includes a spelling-based connection that may be harder to spot. Start with the hints below, then open each answer group when you’re ready.
NYT Connections hints for November 11, 2026
- Yellow: Approaches to treating illness.
- Green: Places you encounter during a round of golf.
- Blue: What’s inside these things?
- Purple: Read the endings in both directions.
Need a stronger hint? Reveal one word from each group
- Yellow: HERBAL
- Green: ROUGH
- Blue: AIR MATTRESS
- Purple: AFTERNOON
NYT Connections answers for November 11, 2026 #1249
Spoilers below: Open a group to see its category, four answers and connection.
Reveal yellow group — easiest
Kinds of medicine: FOLK, HERBAL, HOLISTIC, TRADITIONAL.
Each word can come before “medicine.”
Reveal green group
Parts of a golf course: GREEN, ROUGH, SAND TRAP, TEE BOX.
These are the putting surface, longer grass, sandy bunker and starting area.
Reveal blue group
Things filled with air: AIR MATTRESS, BUBBLE, TIRE, WHOOPIE CUSHION.
Air is the shared link between these otherwise different things.
Reveal purple group — hardest
Ending in palindromes: AFTERNOON, PATOOT, RHEOSTATS, SHREDDER.
- AFTERNOON
- PATOOT
- RHEOSTATS
- SHREDDER
NOON, TOOT, STATS and REDDER read the same forward and backward.
Play the puzzle on the official NYT Connections website.
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