Connections Hints for November 14, 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.

COMPLEXCHESSBATTLEADVANCEDMARRIAGEPROGRESSIVECENTERMOTTLEGOFACILITYMODERNOTHELLOTRIBSTRATEGOCAMPUSFOREMOST

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 Cutting-edge.

Hint 3: Green group theme

The green group is Locations For An Institution.

Hint 4: Blue group theme

The blue group is Strategy Board Games.

Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme

The purple group is Baby Gear With First Letter Changed.

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Cutting-edge

ADVANCED, FOREMOST, MODERN, PROGRESSIVE

Locations For An Institution

CAMPUS, CENTER, COMPLEX, FACILITY

Strategy Board Games

CHESS, GO, OTHELLO, STRATEGO

Baby Gear With First Letter Changed

BATTLE, MARRIAGE, MOTTLE, TRIB

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): Cutting-edge

ADVANCED: At or close to the state of the art.
FOREMOST: Of the highest rank or position; of the greatest importance; of the highest priority.
MODERN: Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
PROGRESSIVE: Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.

Green: Locations For An Institution

CAMPUS: The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include ...
CENTER: The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
COMPLEX: Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
FACILITY: The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, ...

Blue: Strategy Board Games

CHESS: A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chess...
GO: To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
OTHELLO: The title character in Shakespeare's tragedy Othello.
STRATEGO: (board games) A two-player strategy board game in which each player controls an army that tries to capture the other ...

Purple (hardest): Baby Gear With First Letter Changed

BATTLE: (military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a comb...
MARRIAGE: A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, or religious rights and responsibi...
MOTTLE: To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
TRIB: (informal) A tributary.