Connections #1,240 hints and answers for Monday, November 2, 2026
Connections #1,240 starts on a hiking trail and ends in the bathroom mirror: gear for a long walk, four verbs for riling someone up, four things that fill the air with mist, and four things that hold a mirror. Watch INCENSE - it smells like it belongs with the mist makers, but it is a verb here, meaning to make someone furious - and NETTLE, a trail-side plant that is also a verb meaning to irritate. For each group below: read the hint first, then show the category name when you want it, then the four words, one group at a time.
Group 1 - Yellow
Hint: all four are kit for a long walk in the hills: one carries everything on your back, one points the way, one pair goes on your feet, and one holds what you drink.
THINGS TO BRING ON A TREK
THINGS TO BRING ON A TREK
Group 2 - Green
Hint: read all four as verbs meaning to rile someone: to enrage, to irritate, to stir up a grievance, and to wind someone up. Two of them look like nouns first - a fragrant stick and a stinging plant - and that disguise is the puzzle.
ANGER
ANGER
Group 3 - Blue
Hint: each one fills the air with fine droplets or vapor: a stage effect from a block of frozen carbon dioxide, a machine built for the job, a home appliance that moistens the air, and a river going over a cliff.
MIST MAKERS
MIST MAKERS
Group 4 - Purple
Hint: each one has a mirror in it or on it: a ball tiled with tiny mirrors, a room lined with them for trying on clothes, a tube of mirrors and colored beads, and a bathroom cabinet hiding behind a mirrored door.