Connections Hints for November 7, 2026: Clues and Answers

Today's Connections has four hidden groups of four. Start with a gentle nudge and only open more if you need it.

POLOEASTERNEWCLONERHODERINGERSOONTREASUREHENLEYBOUNTYNORTHCANESPOILSSOUTHRAGLANBOOTY

Hint 1: One word from each group

Each of these words belongs to a different group.

Hint 2: Yellow (easiest) group theme

The yellow group is Pirate's Plunder.

Hint 3: Green group theme

The green group is Kinds Of Shirts.

Hint 4: Blue group theme

The blue group is First Words Of U.s. State Names.

Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme

The purple group is Ends Of Storm Types.

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Pirate's Plunder

BOOTY, BOUNTY, SPOILS, TREASURE

Kinds Of Shirts

HENLEY, POLO, RAGLAN, RINGER

First Words Of U.s. State Names

NEW, NORTH, RHODE, SOUTH

Ends Of Storm Types

CANE, CLONE, EASTER, SOON

About this puzzle

More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.

Why each word belongs in its group, with a short dictionary meaning where one exists.

Yellow (easiest): Pirate's Plunder

BOOTY: (slang) The buttocks.
BOUNTY: (countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
SPOILS: That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage, booty.
TREASURE: (literally, countable and uncountable) A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels,...

Green: Kinds Of Shirts

HENLEY: A type of knit shirt with a front placket but no collar
POLO: (uncountable) A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along t...
RAGLAN: (of a sleeve) Being or having a kind of sleeve that continues in one piece up to the neck of a garment, without a sho...
RINGER: (sports) A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.

Blue: First Words Of U.s. State Names

NEW: Recently made, or created.
NORTH: The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestia...
RHODE: (Greek mythology) In Greek mythology, the oldest Oceanid, a daughter of Tethys and Oceanus
SOUTH: The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celes...

Purple (hardest): Ends Of Storm Types

CANE: A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof:
CLONE: A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
EASTER: (Christianity) A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on the first Sunday...
SOON: Short in length of time from the present.