Connections #1251 Hints & Answers Today, November 13, 2026

Friday the 13th brings Connections #1251 from The New York Times for Nov. 13, 2026, edited by Wyna Liu. Two tiles today are names for a movie preview, and our Connections page explains why grouping them on a hunch can cost a mistake. Each color has two hints below; the answers wait in the spoiler section.

Today’s 16 words

Press, Barge, Scroll, Water Skier, Surf, Teaser, Waves, Trailer, Trust, Exposure, Search, Freeze, Coverage, Glider, Publicity, Browse

Hints for each group

Yellow

• Hint 1

  Each is something you do with a web browser open.
• Hint 2

  One means moving down a feed with your thumb; one shares its name with riding ocean swells on a board.
• Reveal the yellow group

  Use the Internet: Browse, Scroll, Search, Surf

Green

• Hint 1

  Each is the notice a person or product gets from reporters and outlets.
• Hint 2

  One is also the word for a printing machine; one is how long a camera lets light in.
• Reveal the green group

  Media Attention: Coverage, Exposure, Press, Publicity

Blue

• Hint 1

  Each one moves because something in front is pulling it.
• Hint 2

  One is a flat-bottomed boat for cargo on a river; one is an aircraft that usually flies without an engine.
• Reveal the blue group

  Things That Are Towed: Barge, Glider, Trailer, Water Skier

Purple

• Hint 1

  Put the organ that does your thinking in front of each one.
• Hint 2

  One is the sharp headache from eating ice cream too fast; one is a short puzzle or riddle.
• Reveal the purple group

  Brain ___: Freeze, Teaser, Trust, Waves

Solving tips

Show the solving tips

Ignore the beach mood. Several tiles sound like a day at the shore, and they are scattered around the board.

Film fans will want to pair the two preview words. They split up, so place one with a group you are sure of before you try the other.

Superstitious about the date? Mark the solve on the printable weekly calendar, or keep the month’s record on the November 2026 printable calendar.

Friday’s other puzzles: Wordle hints, Strands hints and Pips hints.

Today’s Connections answers (spoilers)

From here on, every group is named.

• Yellow, Use the Internet

  Browse, Scroll, Search, Surf
• Green, Media Attention

  Coverage, Exposure, Press, Publicity
• Blue, Things That Are Towed

  Barge, Glider, Trailer, Water Skier
• Purple, Brain ___

  Freeze, Teaser, Trust, Waves

1. Use the InternetBrowse, Scroll, Search, Surf
2. Media AttentionCoverage, Exposure, Press, Publicity
3. Things That Are TowedBarge, Glider, Trailer, Water Skier
4. Brain ___Freeze, Teaser, Trust, Waves

Why the traps worked

Surf, Waves, Water Skier and Barge all sound like a day on the water. Surf is a web verb, Waves follows Brain, and Water Skier and Barge are both pulled behind a boat.

Teaser and Trailer are both film previews; Trailer is hitched behind a car, and Teaser follows Brain. Freeze can also mean a frozen screen, which makes it look like a web word, and Press can sound like pressing a button.

Decoy map

Entry	Real group	Look-alike group	Why it tempts
Teaser	Brain ___	Things That Are Towed	It pairs with Trailer as a movie preview.
Trailer	Things That Are Towed	Brain ___	It pairs with Teaser as a movie preview.
Surf	Use the Internet	Things That Are Towed	It suggests the sea, like Water Skier and Barge.
Waves	Brain ___	Use the Internet	Ocean waves sit right beside Surf.
Freeze	Brain ___	Use the Internet	A frozen screen is a common web annoyance.

The answers were compared with the official puzzle data before this page went up. Saturday’s Connections is #1252.

Yesterday's Connections answer

The four groups in Connections on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, easiest to hardest:

• Yellow, "Gadzooks!": Good Heavens, Great Scott, Holy Smokes, Jiminy Cricket
• Green, Starting with Variations: Change Purse, Flux Capacitor, Shift Dress, Swing Set
• Blue, Ending in Ways to Cook Things: Arctic Char, Comedy Roast, Doc Brown, You're Toast
• Purple, Starting with Best Picture Oscar Winners: Gladiator Sandals, Marty Mcfly, Moonlight Sonata, Rocky Road

Yesterday's hints and full solution.