Connections hints for Friday, groups before spoilers
Sixteen words, four hidden groups. Take one clue per group first.
One clue for each group
0 of 4 hints openedHint 1: the friendliest grouptap to open
Picture someone happily lost online, drifting from page to page and feed to feed.
Hint 2: the spotlight grouptap to open
Think of what a public figure collects when reporters and cameras show up.
Hint 3: the heavy grouptap to open
Every word here names something that gets pulled along behind something else.
Hint 4: the wordplay grouptap to open
Each of these four can sit right after the same everyday word, and that word is part of your body.
Ready for the group names only?tap to open
Yellow: Use the internet. Green: Media attention. Blue: Things that are towed. Purple: Brain ___.
Ready for the full groups?
All sixteen words, sorted, stay covered until you press the button.
BROWSE, SCROLL, SEARCH, SURF
COVERAGE, EXPOSURE, PRESS, PUBLICITY
BARGE, GLIDER, TRAILER, WATER SKIER
FREEZE, TEASER, TRUST, WAVES
How today’s grid tried to trick you
The tow group is the quiet trap: a water skier only joins it once you stop reading the words as sports. And the purple group gives nothing away until you test one shared word in front of all four.
Today’s other puzzles
Quick questions
What are today’s Connections answers?
For Friday, November 13, 2026, puzzle #1251, all four groups sit in the reveal box above, covered on purpose.
Which group is usually hardest?
Purple. It tends to hide wordplay, like today’s group, where one word can follow all four answers.
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