NYT Connections Puzzle 1,248 for Nov. 10: Hints and Word Meanings
NYT Connections hints and meanings for Puzzle No. 1,248, published Tuesday, November 10, 2026: four category clues, 16 word definitions and the rules, with no answers spoiled. The grid is full of goofy, over-the-top words, and the purple group is the oddest.
NYT Connections hints and meanings for Puzzle No. 1,248, published Tuesday, November 10, 2026, point to a grid of goofy, over-the-top words, and the purple group is the toughest to spot.
Connections is a daily word game from The New York Times, created in 2023. Puzzle editor Wyna Liu writes each grid, which holds 16 words that split into four groups of four.
Category hints for Puzzle 1,248
The hints below run from the easiest group, yellow, to the hardest, purple. None gives away a word.
- Yellow: Make a fuss.
- Green: English majors will know these.
- Blue: Vintage jobs.
- Purple: Aaaaa, eeeee.
The purple hint is a clue about spelling rather than meaning. Connections often hides clues in words within words and in visual patterns.
What the 16 words mean
Learning that many of the words have unrelated meanings can be a clue in itself. These are the definitions of today's words, in no particular order:
- The description of sound phonetically.
- A place to obtain medicine.
- Making a fuss over a small matter.
- A figure of speech that puts contradictory words together.
- The study of protozoa.
- A person who sells men's clothing.
- Someone who raises bees, likely to harvest honey and wax.
- A clerk who drafts official documents.
- A large exaggeration.
- A dispute, often physical in nature.
- A person who makes and repairs wagons or carts.
- A dispute of some kind.
- Unable to be seen by the human eye.
- Referring to something by the name of something associated with it.
- A dispute or celebration.
Several definitions overlap on purpose. Three of them describe a quarrel or commotion, which is why the obvious guess may not be the right one.
How the game works
You pick four words you think share a link and press Submit. You can unselect a word by clicking it again, and the Shuffle button rearranges the grid if you feel stuck.
Players get up to four mistakes. The color order runs from yellow, the simplest, through green and blue to purple, the most complex.
The puzzle is the same for every player worldwide. It resets after midnight in your local time zone, and Puzzle No. 1,249 follows on Wednesday, November 11.
