The New York Times Connections puzzle for November 5, 2026, asks players to sort 16 words into four groups of four. The game allows up to four incorrect guesses, and players can rearrange the board to help spot links between words.
For a hint without giving away the categories, the groups are shoe-related, floral, based on similar shapes and nearly alcoholic. More specifically, they cover kinds of heels, flowers, teardrop-shaped things and liquor names with their final letters changed.
The answers are KITTEN, PLATFORM, SPIKE and WEDGE for kinds of heels; ANEMONE, LOTUS, NARCISSUS and ROSE for flowers; PEAR, RAINDROP, SPEEDBAG and UVULA for teardrop-shaped things; and BRANDO, GIG, RUN and WHISKER for liquors with their last letters changed.
Sources: Mashable.