Connections Hints for November 4, 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.

FLYPOKEIRONWORKSWOODWRINGWEDGEBLEACHPUTTERCRACKERDOORSTOPLOLLFLATIRON BUILDINGSHUFFLETUMBLE DRYPIE SLICE

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 Triangular Prisms With A Sharp Edge.

Hint 3: Green group theme

The green group is Words After "do Not" On A Care Label.

Hint 4: Blue group theme

The blue group is Move Idly, With "around".

Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme

The purple group is Fire___.

Show all four answers

Triangular Prisms With A Sharp Edge

DOORSTOP, FLATIRON BUILDING, PIE SLICE, WEDGE

Words After "do Not" On A Care Label

BLEACH, IRON, TUMBLE DRY, WRING

Move Idly, With "around"

LOLL, POKE, PUTTER, SHUFFLE

Fire___

CRACKER, FLY, WOOD, WORKS

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): Triangular Prisms With A Sharp Edge

DOORSTOP: Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardwar...
FLATIRON BUILDING
PIE SLICE
WEDGE: One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge ...

Green: Words After "do Not" On A Care Label

BLEACH: (uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used...
IRON: (uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is...
TUMBLE DRY: (transitive, intransitive) To make or become dry by rolling about in the heated rotating drum of a clothes dryer.
WRING: (transitive) Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.

Blue: Move Idly, With "around"

LOLL: (intransitive) To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
POKE: To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
PUTTER: (golf) A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
SHUFFLE: (ambitransitive) To put in a random order.

Purple (hardest): Fire___

CRACKER: A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and...
FLY: (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also...
WOOD: (uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for co...
WORKS: (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.