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Need a hint for today’s Connections on Saturday, 29th November? Today’s Connections puzzle is a difficult one again, but you probably know that already, since you’re here. But don’t worry; even if all four themes have thus far remained hidden, we can shed some light on them using word reveals, hints, theme reveals, and more.
Let’s form the four themes and claim your next Connections victory!
In this guide:
Here are the 16 Connections words for today:
SUBSTITUTE
MIDSECTION
BACKUP
BENCH
BUST
CORE
COVER
HIT
PIGEON
RELIEF
SPLIT
STAND
STATUE
TORSO
TREE
TRUNK
How to play Connections
Connections is one of the most popular (and challenging) daily puzzle games published by the New York Times (owners of Wordle). The aim of Connections is to group the 16 words of the day into four groups, where each group of four words has a common theme.
For instance, the words “Hook”, “Nana”, “Peter”, and “Wendy” are all Peter Pan characters. Or to take another example, “Action”, “Ballpark”, “Go”, and “Stick” are all words which commonly come just before the word “Figure”.
Your job is to figure out what these themes are that connect the various words together – but be wary, because a lot of the time there are deceptive red herring connections placed purely to throw you off! To win the game, you have to find all four Connections without making 4 mistakes. On your fourth mistake, the game is over and the answer is revealed automatically.
Each of the four groups in each day’s Connections puzzle is also assigned a different colour, which represents how easy or difficult the Connection is to find. These colours are: Yellow (Easiest), Green (Easy), Blue (Medium), and Purple (Hardest).
Click here to play today’s Connections puzzle!
Connections hint for Saturday 29th November
Here are your Connections hints for today:
- Yellow: They’re part of your body.
- Green: “Fresh troops have arrived.”
- Blue: You may encounter this on a leisurely walk.
- Purple: As heard in the casino.
- Extra hint 1: Every group except yellow contains a word starting with “S”.
- Extra hint 2: “Statue” and “bust” are in different groups.
If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:
- Yellow: Torso
- Green: Substitute
- Blue: Pigeon
- Purple: Split
Spoiler warning! Today’s Connections groups are revealed just below!
What are today’s Connections groups?
If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today’s Connections puzzle, below we’ll reveal the four correct Connections groups – the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.
Here are the Connections groups for today:
- Yellow: Abdominal Area
- Green: Replacement
- Blue: Park Staples
- Purple: Blackjack Terms
Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today’s puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.
Spoiler warning! Today’s Connections answer lies ahead!
What is today’s Connections answer?
Here is the answer to today’s Connections puzzle on Saturday, 29th November:
- Yellow: Abdominal Area (Core, Midsection, Torso, Trunk)
- Green: Replacement (Backup, Cover, Relief, Substitute)
- Blue: Park Staples (Bench, Pigeon, Statue, Tree)
- Purple: Blackjack Terms (Bust, Hit, Split, Stand)
Here are the Connections answers for November 29. | Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT
I was convinced I’d found a Connections theme when I matched “bust”, “relief”, “statue”, and “torso”, but apparently a “types of sculpture” theme wasn’t meant to be.
My second tentative connection, too, turned out to be wrong, but I was far less sure about that one to begin with: “tree” and “trunk”. Only then did I match “midsection” and “core”, which suggested that I might be wrong about the sculptures theme. The final group member I added was “trunk”.
I still had a lot of trouble with just blue and purple left, as I don’t know blackjack that well and the “park” theme felt like a very vague connection. I grouped “tree”, “bench”, and “pigeon” together before finally adding “statue”.
Congratulations if you got today’s Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn’t succeed today, don’t worry – a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!
