# Connections hints today (November 10): every group, colour by colour

Spoiler-free hints for all four groups in NYT Connections on November 10, 2026, from yellow to purple, with each group's answer hidden until you want it.

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Published: 2026-11-10T18:13:16.969Z
Updated: 2026-11-10T18:13:53.452Z

Today's Connections has a lot of long, unusual words. Here are hints for each group, easiest first. Reveal only the groups you are stuck on. Everything was checked against the official puzzle for November 10, 2026.

## Yellow hint

Think of a **noisy fuss** or a commotion.

<details><summary>Show the yellow group</summary><p><strong>Hubbub:</strong> BROUHAHA, FOOFARAW, HULLABALOO, KERFUFFLE</p></details>

## Green hint

These are tools a writer uses to **play with language**, the kind you may have learned in English class.

<details><summary>Show the green group</summary><p><strong>Literary devices:</strong> HYPERBOLE, METONYMY, ONOMATOPOEIA, OXYMORON</p></details>

## Blue hint

These are **jobs from centuries ago**: a chemist, a tailor's supplier, a copyist and a cart-builder.

<details><summary>Show the blue group</summary><p><strong>Old-timey occupations:</strong> APOTHECARY, HABERDASHER, SCRIVENER, WAINWRIGHT</p></details>

## Purple hint

Ignore the meanings and **count the vowels**. Each word repeats one vowel many times.

<details><summary>Show the purple group</summary><p><strong>Words with five of one vowel:</strong> ABRACADABRA, BEEKEEPER, INVISIBILITY, PROTOZOOLOGY</p></details>

## Yesterday's Connections answers

<details><summary>Show the November 9 groups</summary><p><strong>Deceitful scheme:</strong> CON JOB, FLIMFLAM, RIP-OFF, SHELL GAME<br><strong>Jeans descriptors:</strong> BOOTCUT, DISTRESSED, LOW-RISE, SKINNY<br><strong>Things with serrated edges:</strong> GRAPEFRUIT SPOON, MINT LEAF, STEAK KNIFE, TAPE DISPENSER<br><strong>Ending in sea creatures:</strong> CARD SHARK, FUN SPONGE, GAMMA RAY, NAVY SEAL</p></details>

## How Connections works

The grid has 16 words that belong to four hidden groups of four. Select four words you think share a link and submit them. A correct group locks in with its colour, and a wrong guess costs one of your four mistakes. Red herrings are part of the design: many words seem to fit two groups, so the trick is finding the group that only works one way.

## How to solve today's grid

When a grid is full of long words, look for the group defined by spelling rather than meaning, and set those words aside first. Today, four of the longest words share a vowel pattern, and spotting them clears space for the others.

Also try today's [Wordle hints](/wordle-hint-today) and [Strands hints](/strands-hint-today).

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## Frequently asked questions

### What do the colours in Connections mean?

They show difficulty: yellow is the most straightforward group, then green, blue and purple, which is usually the trickiest and often about wordplay.

### How many mistakes can you make in Connections?

You can make four mistakes before the game ends.