Connections Hints for November 11, 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.

SHREDDERHERBALPATOOTWHOOPIE CUSHIONGREENFOLKBUBBLEROUGHAFTERNOONRHEOSTATSTRADITIONALTIRESAND TRAPHOLISTICAIR MATTRESSTEE BOX

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 Kinds Of Medicine.

Hint 3: Green group theme

The green group is Parts Of A Golf Course.

Hint 4: Blue group theme

The blue group is Things Filled With Air.

Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme

The purple group is Ending In Palindromes.

Show all four answers

Kinds Of Medicine

FOLK, HERBAL, HOLISTIC, TRADITIONAL

Parts Of A Golf Course

GREEN, ROUGH, SAND TRAP, TEE BOX

Things Filled With Air

AIR MATTRESS, BUBBLE, TIRE, WHOOPIE CUSHION

Ending In Palindromes

AFTERNOON, PATOOT, RHEOSTATS, SHREDDER

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): Kinds Of Medicine

FOLK: (collective plural) People, persons.
HERBAL: Made from or with herbs.
HOLISTIC: Relating to a study of the whole instead of a separation into parts.
TRADITIONAL: Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.

Green: Parts Of A Golf Course

GREEN: The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light betwe...
ROUGH: Not smooth; uneven.
SAND TRAP: (golf) A sand-filled hollow, on a golf course, used as a hazard; a bunker.
TEE BOX

Blue: Things Filled With Air

AIR MATTRESS: A mattress that is inflated with air, and used as a temporary or permanent bed.
BUBBLE: A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.
TIRE: (intransitive) To become sleepy or weary.
WHOOPIE CUSHION: A small, rubber bag with a flap, used in a practical joke. The bag is filled with air and placed on a seat where the ...

Purple (hardest): Ending In Palindromes

AFTERNOON: The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
PATOOT: Alternative form of patootie. [The buttocks.]
RHEOSTATS: (electronics, technology) An electrical resistor, with two terminals, whose resistance is continuously variable by mo...
SHREDDER: A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder, garbage shredder or gardening or fa...