Connections #1,245 hints and answers for Saturday, November 7, 2026
Connections #1,245 saves its best trick for last again: CANE, CLONE, EASTER and SOON look like four strays from four different boards, until you bolt a storm word onto the front of each one and read the whole phrase aloud. The rest of the board is fair sailing - a pirate's haul, a rack of shirts, and four words that open the names of American states. 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: four words for what a pirate hauls away: the loot itself, the reward posted for it, the winnings taken in the raid, and the chest everyone is really after.
PIRATE'S PLUNDER
PIRATE'S PLUNDER
Group 2 - Green
Hint: four kinds of shirts on the rack: the buttoned placket one named for a town, the collared sporty one, the one with sleeves from a different fabric, and the undershirt style with contrast bands.
KINDS OF SHIRTS
KINDS OF SHIRTS
Group 3 - Blue
Hint: four words that each open the name of a U.S. state: two compass points, one word for something that has never been used, and an island name that stands in for a whole small state.
FIRST WORDS OF U.S. STATE NAMES
FIRST WORDS OF U.S. STATE NAMES
Group 4 - Purple
Hint: read these as endings, not whole words: put a storm word in front of each one - hurri-, cycl-, nor'- and mon- - and every one of the four becomes a kind of storm.