NYT Connections Answer Today (#1248) – 10 Nov 2026 Solution & Hints
- About Today’s Connections
- The 16 Words
- Definitions of the 16 Words
- General Hints
- Category Titles
- One Word per Category
- Complete Solution (Click to Reveal)
About Today’s Connections
Puzzle #1248 (published 10 Nov 2026). Sort 16 words into four groups of four, based on a hidden connection. Some words look like they belong together and don’t — that’s by design.
The 16 Words
Here are the 16 words, sorted alphabetically to avoid spoilers:
- Abracadabra
- Apothecary
- Beekeeper
- Brouhaha
- Foofaraw
- Haberdasher
- Hullabaloo
- Hyperbole
- Invisibility
- Kerfuffle
- Metonymy
- Onomatopoeia
- Oxymoron
- Protozoology
- Scrivener
- Wainwright
Definitions of the 16 Words
| Abracadabra | A nonsense word traditionally chanted by magicians to add drama to a trick. |
| Apothecary | An old-fashioned term for someone who prepared and sold medicines and remedies. |
| Beekeeper | A person who raises and tends hives of bees, usually for honey or pollination. |
| Brouhaha | A loud commotion or uproar, usually over something fairly trivial. |
| Foofaraw | A big, showy fuss made over a minor matter. |
| Haberdasher | A shopkeeper who traditionally dealt in men’s clothing and sewing notions. |
| Hullabaloo | A noisy uproar or commotion. |
| Hyperbole | Deliberately exaggerated language used for emphasis rather than literal truth. |
| Invisibility | The state of being impossible to see. |
| Kerfuffle | A fuss or commotion, often caused by conflicting opinions. |
| Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it. |
| Onomatopoeia | A word that phonetically imitates the sound it describes. |
| Oxymoron | A phrase that pairs two seemingly contradictory terms for effect. |
| Protozoology | The scientific study of single-celled protozoa. |
| Scrivener | A professional scribe who historically wrote or copied documents for others. |
| Wainwright | A craftsperson who traditionally built and repaired wagons. |
General Hints
- Picture a crowded room suddenly erupting into noisy disorder — that’s the vibe running through this group.
- Each of these terms turns up in an English class discussion of how language can bend the literal truth for effect.
- Walk down a medieval high street and you’d find all four of these trades hanging a shingle outside their shop.
- This connection has nothing to do with meaning — it’s about something hiding in plain sight in each word’s spelling.
Category Titles
- 🟨 Yellow: Hubbub
- 🟩 Green: Literary Devices
- 🟦 Blue: Old-Timey Occupations
- 🟪 Purple: Words With Five of One Vowel
One Word per Category
- 🟨 Yellow: Kerfuffle
- 🟩 Green: Oxymoron
- 🟦 Blue: Wainwright
- 🟪 Purple: Beekeeper
Complete Solution
The full breakdown is below — tap to reveal all four groups:
[CLICK TO REVEAL: Full Solution]
NYT Connections #1248 — Full Groups
- 🟨 Yellow: Hubbub → BROUHAHA, FOOFARAW, HULLABALOO, KERFUFFLE
- 🟩 Green: Literary Devices → HYPERBOLE, METONYMY, ONOMATOPOEIA, OXYMORON
- 🟦 Blue: Old-Timey Occupations → APOTHECARY, HABERDASHER, SCRIVENER, WAINWRIGHT
- 🟪 Purple: Words With Five of One Vowel → ABRACADABRA, BEEKEEPER, INVISIBILITY, PROTOZOOLOGY
The purple group is a reminder that Connections doesn’t always hinge on meaning — sometimes the twist is buried in the letters themselves, and five repeats of a single vowel is sneaky enough to miss even while staring right at it.
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