If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you feeling stuck, you are not alone. Puzzle #1249 features some interesting word associations, including different kinds of healing preparations, features found on a golf course, everyday objects filled with air, and words that finish with palindromic letter sequences. Here is everything you need to know.
Here are helpful hints to guide you through today’s puzzle, with the full answers listed further down.
Today’s Connections Strategy & Commentary
Today’s puzzle brings together four different types of word associations. The Yellow group gathers terms for varieties of healing preparations drawn from long‑standing health practices. Many players may recognize these phrases from wellness discussions or traditional‑medicine resources.
The Green category covers standard names for key parts found across a golf course. Each entry marks a distinct zone players encounter during a round.
The Blue set focuses on everyday objects designed to hold air inside. These familiar objects rely on trapped air to serve their usual purpose.
The Purple group is the trickiest. Every listed word ends with a palindrome, a short sequence of letters that reads the same forward and backward. You will need to examine each word’s final letters carefully to spot the shared link.
Here is our result for today’s puzzle:
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟦🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
Connections Hints Today: Category Clues
If you just need a gentle nudge, here are the clues for each color group:
- 🟨 Yellow Group Hint: Types of therapeutic preparations rooted in traditional wellness practices.
- 🟩 Green Group Hint: Distinct areas you will find on a golf‑playing course.
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint: Common everyday items filled with trapped air.
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint: Words whose final letter sequence forms a palindrome.
⚠️ Spoiler Warning: The full answers are below. Stop scrolling now if you want to solve it yourself first.
NYT Connections Answers Today for November 11, 2026 (Puzzle #1249)
🟨 Yellow Category: Kinds Of Medicine
- Folk
- Herbal
- Holistic
- Traditional
🟩 Green Category: Parts Of A Golf Course
- Green
- Rough
- Sand Trap
- Tee Box
🟦 Blue Category: Things Filled With Air
- Air Mattress
- Bubble
- Tire
- Whoopie Cushion
🟪 Purple Category: Ending In Palindromes
- Afternoon
- Patoot
- Rheostats
- Shredder
Yesterday’s Answer
This is the NYT Connections answer for November 10, 2026 (Puzzle #1248).
🟨 Yellow Category: Hubbub. (Brouhaha, Foofaraw, Hullabaloo, Kerfuffle)
🟩 Green Category: Literary Devices. (Hyperbole, Metonymy, Onomatopoeia, Oxymoron)
🟦 Blue Category: Old‑Timey Occupations. (Apothecary, Haberdasher, Scrivener, Wainwright)
🟪 Purple Category: Words With Five Of One Vowel. (Abracadabra, Beekeeper, Invisibility, Protozoology)
For older solutions, see our Connections answers archive.
More New York Times Games
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How Did You Do Today?
Did you quickly sort out the medicine‑related terms and golf‑course vocabulary, or did the palindrome‑ending category give you more trouble? Many players note that the final group can be hard to identify at first glance.
A new puzzle becomes available every midnight based on your local time zone. It appears at different times around the world, including United States UTC‑4 to UTC‑8, Philippine Standard Time UTC+8, Australia UTC+8 to UTC+11, and New Zealand UTC+12 or UTC+13.
Check back tomorrow for more Connections hints, strategy tips, and the next answer.
