Are you looking for a hint to assist you with today’s Connections puzzle on November 17? We’ve put together some handy tips to assist you solve today’s Connections, along with answers so you can re-check your results.
Connections is a word puzzle published daily by the New York Times (NYT), host of the wildly popular Wordle Puzzle. Created daily by puzzle creator Wyna Liu, Connections presents a selection of 16 seemingly disparate words that you must group into four sets of four words, with each group of four words sharing a common theme.
It’s a basic premise, but as many of us here know, Connections can be devilishly tough at times, filled to the brim with red herrings, misleading words, and little-known tidbits. If you’re having trouble solving today’s Connection puzzle, this guide will assist you find the answers for Sunday, November 17, 2024.
Below we present some carefully crafted tips and tricks for today’s Connections, then reveal the four different groups, and finally the Connections answer themselves for those who are tired of wondering how it all fits together.
In this guide:
Connection tips for Sunday, November 17
Here’s a hint for each group of words in today’s Connections puzzle, plus a few other Connections clues to assist you find the answer.
Our connection tips today are:
- Yellow (easiest): Types of groups.
- Green (basic): The ways in which clothing can be constricting to the body.
- Blue (medium): All these words have in common a specific body movement.
- Purple (hardest): These words have a particular common method of punctuation.
- Bonus tip 1: “Dubbing” here does not refer to the process of creating a film.
- Bonus tip 2: “Unia” and “Proposal” belong to two different groups.
If you’re looking for more Connections tips today to assist narrow down your answers, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word from each group:
Yellow (easiest):
LEAGUE
Green (basic):
SMOOTH
Blue (medium):
APOLOGY
Purple (hardest):
FOOT
What are today’s Connections words?
Here are 16 connection words for today:
| Apology | Quote | Association | Cramp |
| Sticky | Union | Possessive | Slinky |
| Application | Cozy | Prayer | League |
| Guild | Dubbing | Foot | Smooth |
What are today’s Connections groups like?
If you need even more guidance to solve today’s Connections puzzle, below we’ll reveal the four correct Connection groups – the themes that connect each set of four words in the Connections grid together.
Here are today’s Connections groups:
- Covenant
- Fitted
- Occasions where you can kneel
- What might an apostrophe indicate?
Now that you know the reasoning behind the different connections in today’s puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check out the full answer below.
Spoiler alert! The answer to today’s Connections offer is before us!
What are today’s answers on Connections?
Here are the full answers to today’s Connection puzzle on Sunday, November 17:
- Covenant: Association, Guild, League, Union
- Fit: Tight, elegant, slim, cozy
- Situations in which you can kneel: Apology, dubbing, prayer, proposal
- What can an apostrophe mean: Contraction, Foot, Possessiveness, Quote
Today I learned that “Dubbing” someone means knighting them as “Sir.” I was thinking more about “dubbing” rather than someone speaking during film production. I tricked myself and in the process only achieved the “Alliance” category. I’m ashamed.
Congratulations if you answered today’s Connections question correctly, with or without the assist of our helpful tips above! And if you didn’t succeed today, don’t worry – a recent Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle.
What is Connections?
Connections is one of the most popular daily puzzle games published by the New York Times (owner of Wordle). The goal of Connections is to group the 16 words of the day into four groups, with each group of four words having a common theme.
For example, the words “Hook”, “Nana”, “Peter”, and “Wendy” are all Peter Pan characters. Let’s take another example: “Action”, “Ballpark”, “Go” and “Stick” are words that usually appear right before the word “Figure”.
Your job is to guess what themes connect the different words together – but be careful because most of the time red herrings are deliberately placed there to confuse you! To win the game you must find all four connections without making 4 mistakes. On the fourth mistake, the game ends and the answer is revealed automatically.
Each of the four groups in the daily Connection puzzle is also assigned a different color to represent how basic or tough it is to find the Connection. These colors are: yellow (easiest), green (basic), blue (medium), and purple (hardest).
That concludes today’s guide to solving the NYT Connections word puzzle. If you’re looking for assist with Wordle, we’ve prepared a list of previous Wordle answers, as well as a Wordle tip and answer from Saturday, November 16. You can also check out our list of the best starting words for Wordle or apply our Wordle Solver to assist you find the answer with ease!
