{
  "id": 18043934,
  "title": "NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, November 4 (game #1242)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/nyt-connections-hints-and-answers-for-wednesday-november-4-game-1242",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-4-november-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Today is the date for a new NYT Connections puzzle to appear at midnight in your time zone. Some players are always tackling today's game while others are working on yesterday's. If you're after Tuesday's puzzle, click here for hints and answers from November 3.\n\nConnections is NYT's clever word game that requires you to group answers into various categories. It can be challenging, so here are some hints to help you out. Once you've finished, why not play more word games? I've also got daily Strands hints and answers, Quordle hints and answers, and Marc's Wordle page if you need assistance.\n\nSPOILER WARNING: Below are the answers for today's Connections puzzle, so don't read on if you don't want to know them. Today's words are FLY, POKE, IRON, WORKS, WOOD, WRING, WEDGE, BLEACH, PUTTER, CRACKER, DOORSTOP, LOLL, FLATIRON BUILDING, SHUFFLE, TUMBLE DRY, and PIE SLICE.\n\nFor the YELLOW group, consider popular polyhedrons. The GREEN group includes laundry advice words. In the BLUE group, think about casual movement. Lastly, the PURPLE group begins with a hot 4-letter word.\n\nIf you need more hints, it's spoiler territory now. But read on to find out the theme answers for today's NYT Connections puzzle.\n\nFor the YELLOW group, the answers are TRIANGULAR PRISMS WITH A SHARP EDGE. For GREEN, the words after \"DO NOT\" on a care label are BLEACH, IRON, TUMBLE DRY, and WRING. For BLUE, movements done idly with around include LOLL, POKE, PUTTER, and SHUFFLE. Lastly, for PURPLE, CRACKER, FLY, WOOD, and WORKS begin with the fire-related word.\n\nThat concludes today's Connections puzzle.",
  "summary": "Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Rockstar plans to let users pre-load GTA VI on November 10, ahead of its November 19 launch, and says the game requires up to 212GB \"depending on your device\" (Emma Roth/The Verge)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/rockstar-plans-to-let-users-pre-load-gta-vi-on-november-10-ahead-of",
        "published": "2026-11-03T17:00:55.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}