Looking for a different day?A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, November 6 (game #1244).Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints. What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.NYT Connections today (game #1245) - today's words(Image credit: New York Times)Today's NYT Connections words are… POLOEASTERNEWCLONERHODERINGERSOONTREASUREHENLEYBOUNTYNORTHCANESPOILSSOUTHRAGLANBOOTYNYT Connections today (game #1245) - hint #1 - group hintsWhat are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?YELLOW: Shiver me timbers and give me the lootGREEN: Garment typesBLUE: Disunited statesPURPLE: Finishing with rough weatherNeed more clues? We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…NYT Connections today (game #1245) - hint #2 - group answersWhat are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?YELLOW: PIRATE'S PLUNDERGREEN: KINDS OF SHIRTSBLUE: FIRST WORDS OF U.S. STATE NAMESPURPLE: ENDS OF STORM TYPESRight, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.NYT Connections today (game #1245) - the answers(Image credit: New York Times)The answers to today's Connections, game #1245, are…YELLOW: PIRATE'S PLUNDER: BOOTY, BOUNTY, SPOILS, TREASUREGREEN: KINDS OF SHIRTS: HENLEY, POLO, RAGLAN, RINGERBLUE: FIRST WORDS OF U.S. STATE NAMES: NEW, NORTH, RHODE, SOUTHPURPLE: ENDS OF STORM TYPES: CANE, CLONE, EASTER, SOONMy rating: HardMy score: PerfectAfter landing PIRATE’S PLUNDER (all great words to describe some stolen loot from a tropical island) I floundered on the next group.Initially I thought we were looking for islands, so I linked EASTER, RHODE, SOUTH and NORTH. Fortunately this error gave me a “one away” and I realized that instead it must be a group about US States.From here, with eight tiles remaining, KINDS OF SHIRTS was easier to see — a good thing, as I was utterly blind to the tiles featuring ENDS OF STORM TYPES.Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, November 6, 2026, game #1244)YELLOW: COMPOSITION: CONSTITUTION, FABRIC, MAKEUP, STRUCTUREGREEN: COPY: BACKUP, EXTRA, REPLACEMENT, SPAREBLUE: KINDS OF TRUCKS: FLATBED, PICKUP, SEMI, TANKERPURPLE: ENDING IN PARTS OF THE EYE: HOT ROD, OSIRIS, TRAFFIC CONE, WOOLENSWhat is NYT Connections?NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.