Connections #1,249 hints and answers for Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Connections #1,249 saves its neatest trick for the purple group: AFTERNOON, PATOOT, RHEOSTATS and SHREDDER look like a time of day, a slang word, a set of dials and a kitchen gadget, until you read the last few letters of each one and find a shorter word that reads the same backwards and forwards hiding at the end of every word on the row. The rest of the board is fair game - four schools of healing, four parts of a golf course, and four things pumped full of air. 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 and tier by tier, from yellow through purple, easiest first and hardest last, with the purple group waiting patiently at the very end of the board for you.
Group 1 - Yellow
Hint: four schools of healing: the remedies handed down through home tradition, the plant-based practice, the whole-person approach, and the long-established conventional kind.
KINDS OF MEDICINE
KINDS OF MEDICINE
Group 2 - Green
Hint: four parts of a golf course: the smooth putting surface at the end of the hole, the tall unmowed grass beside the fairway, the bunker filled with loose grains, and the raised spot where every hole begins.
PARTS OF A GOLF COURSE
PARTS OF A GOLF COURSE
Group 3 - Blue
Hint: four things filled with air: the inflatable bed guests sleep on, the soap sphere a child blows, the rubber ring around a wheel, and the prank cushion that makes a rude noise when sat on.
THINGS FILLED WITH AIR
THINGS FILLED WITH AIR
Group 4 - Purple
Hint: read the endings: part of the day ends in NOON, a slang word for a backside ends in TOOT, a set of temperature dials ends in STATS, and a document destroyer ends in REDDER - and each of those endings reads the same both ways.