NYT Connections Answer Today (#1250) – 12 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 #1250 (published 12 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:
- Arctic Char
- Change Purse
- Comedy Roast
- Doc Brown
- Flux Capacitor
- Gladiator Sandals
- Good Heavens
- Great Scott
- Holy Smokes
- Jiminy Cricket
- Marty McFly
- Moonlight Sonata
- Rocky Road
- Shift Dress
- Swing Set
- You’re Toast
Definitions of the 16 Words
| Arctic Char | A cold-water fish related to salmon and trout, often caught in northern lakes and rivers. |
| Change Purse | A small pouch, often with a clasp or zipper, made for carrying loose coins. |
| Comedy Roast | An event where a guest of honor is affectionately mocked by friends and colleagues through jokes and stories. |
| Doc Brown | The eccentric scientist who invents a time-traveling car in a famous movie trilogy. |
| Flux Capacitor | The fictional gadget that makes time travel possible in that same movie trilogy. |
| Gladiator Sandals | Strappy, laced footwear that wraps up the ankle or calf, styled after ancient Roman warriors. |
| Good Heavens | An old-fashioned exclamation of surprise or mild shock. |
| Great Scott | A vintage interjection of astonishment, famously shouted by a certain fictional scientist. |
| Holy Smokes | A casual, exclamatory phrase used to express surprise or amazement. |
| Jiminy Cricket | A conscience-guiding insect from a classic animated film, and also an old-fashioned exclamation of surprise. |
| Marty McFly | The teenage protagonist who travels through time in a famous movie trilogy. |
| Moonlight Sonata | Beethoven’s famous, haunting piano piece, officially titled Piano Sonata No. 14. |
| Rocky Road | A chunky dessert flavor combining chocolate, marshmallows, and nuts. |
| Shift Dress | A simple, straight-cut dress that hangs loosely from the shoulders with no defined waistline. |
| Swing Set | A backyard play structure with suspended seats for swinging back and forth. |
| You’re Toast | A playful warning that someone is about to be in serious trouble. |
General Hints
- Old-fashioned ways to say “wow” without actually saying wow.
- Each phrase opens with a word that basically means “a change.”
- Each phrase closes with a different way to describe food getting browned by heat.
- Each phrase opens with the name of a movie that took home Hollywood’s top prize.
Category Titles
- 🟨 Yellow: Gadzooks!
- 🟩 Green: Starting With Variations
- 🟦 Blue: Ending In Ways To Cook Things
- 🟪 Purple: Starting With Best Picture Oscar Winners
One Word per Category
- 🟨 Yellow: Holy Smokes
- 🟩 Green: Swing Set
- 🟦 Blue: Comedy Roast
- 🟪 Purple: Rocky Road
Complete Solution
The full breakdown is below — tap to reveal all four groups:
[CLICK TO REVEAL: Full Solution]
NYT Connections #1250 — Full Groups
- 🟨 Yellow: Gadzooks! → GOOD HEAVENS, GREAT SCOTT, HOLY SMOKES, JIMINY CRICKET
- 🟩 Green: Starting With Variations → CHANGE PURSE, FLUX CAPACITOR, SHIFT DRESS, SWING SET
- 🟦 Blue: Ending In Ways To Cook Things → ARCTIC CHAR, COMEDY ROAST, DOC BROWN, YOU’RE TOAST
- 🟪 Purple: Starting With Best Picture Oscar Winners → GLADIATOR SANDALS, MARTY MCFLY, MOONLIGHT SONATA, ROCKY ROAD
The real trap today is that Marty McFly and Doc Brown are both characters from the same movie trilogy, but the puzzle splits them into two different groups — one wants you to spot the Oscar winner hiding at the front of the phrase, the other wants you to spot the cooking verb hiding at the back.
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