Connections #1,247 hints and answers for Monday, November 9, 2026
Connections #1,247 hides its best trick in the purple group again: CARD SHARK, FUN SPONGE, GAMMA RAY and NAVY SEAL look like a casino regular, a kitchen helper, a physics term and the military, until you notice that each one ends with a creature that lives in the sea. The rest of the board is fair sailing - four names for a swindle, four words that describe a pair of jeans, and four everyday things that each carry a serrated edge somewhere. 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, tier by tier, from yellow through to purple, easiest first, hardest last of all.
Group 1 - Yellow
Hint: four names for a swindle: the confidence trick, the old-time word for a scam, the hyphenated cheat, and the street-corner cup-and-ball trick.
DECEITFUL SCHEME
DECEITFUL SCHEME
Group 2 - Green
Hint: four words that describe a pair of jeans: the flared cut at the ankle, the worn-in faded finish, the waistband that sits low, and the tight fit.
JEANS DESCRIPTORS
JEANS DESCRIPTORS
Group 3 - Blue
Hint: four everyday things that each carry a jagged, serrated edge somewhere: the little spoon made for citrus, the leaf on a mint plant, the knife you cut a steak with, and the cutter built into a roll of tape.
THINGS WITH SERRATED EDGES
THINGS WITH SERRATED EDGES
Group 4 - Purple
Hint: read the last word of each one: a card cheat, a killjoy, a burst of radiation and an elite sailor each end with an animal that lives in the sea.