If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you feeling stuck you are not alone. Puzzle 1250 features some interesting word associations including old fashioned exclamations of surprise phrases that follow a shared starting word terms that end with a cooking method and compound words that begin with Best Picture Oscar winners. 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 and Commentary
Today’s puzzle brings together four clever word groups that rely on spotting patterns rather than simple definitions. The Yellow group collects classic colorful phrases people use when startled you might remember these from older movies or books.
The Green category works a little differently. Every word in this set can follow the same starting word to make a common phrase so you will be looking for what comes after rather than what the words themselves have in common.
The Blue set also plays with endings. Each entry finishes with a word that describes a way you can prepare food that final word is the link connecting all four.
The Purple group is the creative twist today. Each compound word or two word phrase starts with the title of a movie that won the Oscar for Best Picture. It takes a quick mental scan of famous winners to spot the connection.
Connections Hints Today Category Clues
If you just need a gentle nudge here are the clues for each color group
- 🟨 Yellow Group Hint: Old fashioned expressions of surprise or shock
- 🟩 Green Group Hint: Words that can all come after the same starting word to make a common phrase
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint: Phrases that end with a way to cook or prepare food
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint: Compound phrases that begin with the title of a Best Picture Oscar winner
Spoiler Warning: The full answers are below. Stop scrolling now if you want to solve it yourself first.
NYT Connections Answers Today for November 12 2026 Puzzle 1250
🟨 Yellow Category: EXCLAMATIONS OF SURPRISE
- Good Heavens
- Great Scott
- Holy Smokes
- Jiminy Cricket
🟩 Green Category: WORDS THAT FOLLOW
- Change Purse
- Flux Capacitor
- Shift Dress
- Swing Set
🟦 Blue Category: END WITH A COOKING TERM
- Arctic Char
- Comedy Roast
- Doc Brown
- You’re Toast
🟪 Purple Category: START WITH A BEST PICTURE WINNER
- Gladiator Sandals
- Marty McFly
- Moonlight Sonata
- Rocky Road
Yesterday’s Answer
This is the NYT Connections answer 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
For older solutions see our Connections answers archive.
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How Did You Do Today
Did you spot the old fashioned exclamations right away or did the Best Picture theme take a little longer to figure out? Many players find the last group the trickiest until one word suddenly clicks.
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