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Connections November 10, 2026: Hints & Answers (#1361)

edited by Wyna Liu.

Recap

This Connections puzzle featured a mix of wordplay and categorization challenges, from noisy terms to literary devices and vintage occupations.

The sixteen tiles

The sixteen tiles as dealt. Reveal a group below to tint and caption its tiles here.

ABRACADABRAONOMATOPOEIAAPOTHECARYFOOFARAWOXYMORONPROTOZOOLOGYHULLABALOOHABERDASHERBEEKEEPERSCRIVENERHYPERBOLEBROUHAHAWAINWRIGHTKERFUFFLEINVISIBILITYMETONYMY

Connections hints, one rung at a time

Six rungs, softest first. The recap above already named the groups, so this ladder is here for anyone replaying the board fresh rather than as a spoiler shield.

  1. Four one-line nudges, one per group

    The softest hint there is.

    Yellow
    Commotion terms
    Green
    Figure of speech
    Blue
    Vintage jobs
    Purple
    Vowel-rich words
  2. What linked each group, described

    Still no titles and no tiles named.

    Yellow group

    These words all describe a noisy, excited, and confused situation or atmosphere.

    Green group

    These literary terms all describe specific ways writers create vivid and evocative language.

    Blue group

    These occupations all originated in the past and often involve skilled trades or services.

    Purple group

    These words all have a notable characteristic related to their vowel content.

  3. Board facts

    Counted off the sixteen printed tiles.

    Sixteen tiles, four groups of four, ordered yellow → green → blue → purple from most to least obvious. Every tile was a single word.

    Tiles
    16 across 4 groups
    Longest tile
    12 characters
    Shortest tile
    8 characters
    Multi-word tiles
    0
    Back to the sixteen tiles
  4. The trap on this board

    Which tiles pulled in two directions.

    Some cards could fit into multiple categories at first glance, be cautious with words like 'HULLABALOO' and 'HYPERBOLE'.

  5. The four category titles

    Half the answer.

    Yellow
    HUBBUB
    Green
    LITERARY DEVICES
    Blue
    OLD-TIMEY OCCUPATIONS
    Purple
    WORDS WITH FIVE OF ONE VOWEL
  6. One tile from each group

    The anchor most people misplaced, matched to its title.

    Yellow — HUBBUB
    FOOFARAW
    Green — LITERARY DEVICES
    ONOMATOPOEIA
    Blue — OLD-TIMEY OCCUPATIONS
    WAINWRIGHT
    Purple — WORDS WITH FIVE OF ONE VOWEL
    INVISIBILITY
    Open the full groupings

Every Connections group from that board

All four groups, folded. Opening one tints its four tiles above and captions them with the category name.

  • Yellow group · 4 tiles

    HUBBUB

    BROUHAHA, FOOFARAW, HULLABALOO, KERFUFFLE. The yellow group, 'HUBBUB', consists of BROUHAHA, FOOFARAW, HULLABALOO, and KERFUFFLE.

  • Green group · 4 tiles

    LITERARY DEVICES

    HYPERBOLE, METONYMY, ONOMATOPOEIA, OXYMORON. The green group, 'LITERARY DEVICES', consists of HYPERBOLE, METONYMY, ONOMATOPOEIA, and OXYMORON.

  • Blue group · 4 tiles

    OLD-TIMEY OCCUPATIONS

    APOTHECARY, HABERDASHER, SCRIVENER, WAINWRIGHT. The blue group, 'OLD-TIMEY OCCUPATIONS', consists of APOTHECARY, HABERDASHER, SCRIVENER, and WAINWRIGHT.

  • Purple group · 4 tiles

    WORDS WITH FIVE OF ONE VOWEL

    ABRACADABRA, BEEKEEPER, INVISIBILITY, PROTOZOOLOGY. The purple group, 'WORDS WITH FIVE OF ONE VOWEL', consists of ABRACADABRA, BEEKEEPER, INVISIBILITY, and PROTOZOOLOGY.

This board by the numbers

Puzzle
(#1361) · Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Tiles
16 in a 4 × 4 grid
Groups
4, yellow to purple
Multi-word tiles
0
Longest tile
ONOMATOPOEIA
Mistakes allowed
4 before the board locked

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