NYT Connections Answers Today: Friday, November 13, 2026 (#1251)
Stuck on today's Connections? Start with the nudges below and only open the next hint if you need it. The full solution stays hidden until the last hint. The FAQ at the very bottom spells out everything, so stop before it if you want to keep playing.
Hint 1: Nudges (no spoilers)
- Yellow: Things you do on a phone or laptop when you have a few spare minutes.
- Green: What a celebrity or a new product hopes to get from newspapers and TV.
- Blue: None of these moves very far on its own. Something has to pull it.
- Purple: Put the same body part in front of each word. One of them happens when you eat ice cream too fast.
Hint 2: Show the category names
- Yellow: Use the internet
- Green: Media attention
- Blue: Things that are towed
- Purple: Brain ___
Hint 3: Show all the answers
Add BRAIN in front of each word: BRAIN FREEZE, BRAIN TEASER, BRAIN TRUST and BRAIN WAVES.
Hint 4: Traps to avoid and a solving order (contains spoilers)
TEASER and TRAILER are both short previews for a film, which makes a movie promo group look likely. It does not exist: TRAILER is towed and TEASER goes with BRAIN. SURF, WAVES, BARGE and WATER SKIER all feel like they belong at sea, but they split across three groups. PRESS and EXPOSURE also have photography and printing meanings, so check the media sense before you lock them in.
One way to play it: start with the towed group, because WATER SKIER and GLIDER fit almost nowhere else. Then take the internet verbs, and media attention after that. The four words left over, FREEZE, TEASER, TRUST and WAVES, are the purple group, and BRAIN is easy to spot once they stand alone.
Finished Connections? Today’s NYT Strands hints and spangram (#985) start spoiler-free too.
Frequently Asked Questions
Spoiler warning: the answers in this FAQ give away the full solution.
What are the NYT Connections answers for Friday, November 13, 2026 (#1251)?
Yellow (use the internet): BROWSE, SCROLL, SEARCH, SURF; Green (media attention): COVERAGE, EXPOSURE, PRESS, PUBLICITY; Blue (things that are towed): BARGE, GLIDER, TRAILER, WATER SKIER; Purple (brain ___): FREEZE, TEASER, TRUST, WAVES.
What is the hardest group in Connections #1251?
The purple group, BRAIN ___. Add BRAIN in front of each word: BRAIN FREEZE, BRAIN TEASER, BRAIN TRUST and BRAIN WAVES.
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