A little help. Your own aha.

Connections #1248
hints & answers for November 10, 2026

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Yellow group

Straightforward

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First-letter clue

Look for four entries beginning with B, F, H and K. These initials are in sorted order.

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BROUHAHA belongs in this group.

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HUBBUB

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  • BROUHAHA
  • FOOFARAW
  • HULLABALOO
  • KERFUFFLE

Green group

A little trickier

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First-letter clue

Look for four entries beginning with H, M, O and O. These initials are in sorted order.

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HYPERBOLE belongs in this group.

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LITERARY DEVICES

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  • HYPERBOLE
  • METONYMY
  • ONOMATOPOEIA
  • OXYMORON

Blue group

More challenging

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First-letter clue

Look for four entries beginning with A, H, S and W. These initials are in sorted order.

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APOTHECARY belongs in this group.

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OLD-TIMEY OCCUPATIONS

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  • APOTHECARY
  • HABERDASHER
  • SCRIVENER
  • WAINWRIGHT

Purple group

Wordplay & surprises

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First-letter clue

Look for four entries beginning with A, B, I and P. These initials are in sorted order.

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ABRACADABRA belongs in this group.

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WORDS WITH FIVE OF ONE VOWEL

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  • ABRACADABRA
  • BEEKEEPER
  • INVISIBILITY
  • PROTOZOOLOGY
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  • Yellow: HUBBUB
  • Green: LITERARY DEVICES
  • Blue: OLD-TIMEY OCCUPATIONS
  • Purple: WORDS WITH FIVE OF ONE VOWEL

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Yellow

HUBBUB

BROUHAHA · FOOFARAW · HULLABALOO · KERFUFFLE

Green

LITERARY DEVICES

HYPERBOLE · METONYMY · ONOMATOPOEIA · OXYMORON

Blue

OLD-TIMEY OCCUPATIONS

APOTHECARY · HABERDASHER · SCRIVENER · WAINWRIGHT

Purple

WORDS WITH FIVE OF ONE VOWEL

ABRACADABRA · BEEKEEPER · INVISIBILITY · PROTOZOOLOGY

Other spelling matches on this board

No alternative four-entry spelling match was found by the anagram, palindrome, shared-start and shared-ending checks. Semantic overlaps may exist; these checks do not assess them.

These are checked spelling comparisons, not claims about the editor's intent or the most common player mistakes.

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About the answers and hints

Categories and answers follow the recorded NYT puzzle. Our hints are independent: some are original category clues, while others give the first letters of the four words. Each hint is labelled so you can choose how much help to take.

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