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Connections November 8, 2026: Hints & Answers (#1351)

edited by Wyna Liu.

Recap

This puzzle featured four groups of four words each, with distinct themes and connections. Solvers had to figure out the links between the words in each group to succeed.

The sixteen tiles

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

CUTLEAKCONTEXTCARATBUILTBLOWOUTCLARITYCHARREDCOLORKORNINSIGHTEXTENSIONSRIPPEDTRIMJACKEDPERSPECTIVE

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
    Physique terms
    Green
    Beauty routines
    Blue
    Aha moments
    Purple
    Food names
  2. What linked each group, described

    Still no titles and no tiles named.

    Yellow group

    These words describe someone with well-developed muscles

    Green group

    Services you might get at a salon for your locks

    Blue group

    These help you understand a confusing situation better

    Purple group

    These words sound like vegetables but aren't

  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
    11 characters
    Shortest tile
    3 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 more than one group. Be careful with words like 'cut', 'color', and 'leak' that could apply to multiple categories.

  5. The four category titles

    Half the answer.

    Yellow
    MUSCULAR
    Green
    HAIR SALON SERVICES
    Blue
    THINGS THAT HELP MAKE SENSE OF A SITUATION
    Purple
    VEGETABLE HOMOPHONES
  6. One tile from each group

    The anchor most people misplaced, matched to its title.

    Yellow — MUSCULAR
    RIPPED
    Green — HAIR SALON SERVICES
    EXTENSIONS
    Blue — THINGS THAT HELP MAKE SENSE OF A SITUATION
    PERSPECTIVE
    Purple — VEGETABLE HOMOPHONES
    KORN
    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

    MUSCULAR

    BUILT, CUT, JACKED, RIPPED. The yellow group, MUSCULAR, includes BUILT, CUT, JACKED, RIPPED.

  • Green group · 4 tiles

    HAIR SALON SERVICES

    BLOWOUT, COLOR, EXTENSIONS, TRIM. The green group, HAIR SALON SERVICES, includes BLOWOUT, COLOR, EXTENSIONS, TRIM.

  • Blue group · 4 tiles

    THINGS THAT HELP MAKE SENSE OF A SITUATION

    CLARITY, CONTEXT, INSIGHT, PERSPECTIVE. The blue group, THINGS THAT HELP MAKE SENSE OF A SITUATION, includes CLARITY, CONTEXT, INSIGHT, PERSPECTIVE.

  • Purple group · 4 tiles

    VEGETABLE HOMOPHONES

    CARAT, CHARRED, KORN, LEAK. The purple group, VEGETABLE HOMOPHONES, includes CARAT, CHARRED, KORN, LEAK.

This board by the numbers

Puzzle
(#1351) · Sunday, November 8, 2026
Tiles
16 in a 4 × 4 grid
Groups
4, yellow to purple
Multi-word tiles
0
Longest tile
PERSPECTIVE
Mistakes allowed
4 before the board locked

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