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Spoiler-safe hints for Connections #903
- Yellow: Put up with
- Green: Dismal failure
- Blue: Skull-and-crossbones characters
- Purple: Sounds colorful
All 16 tiles
COCKATIEL · LEMON · HOOK · SWALLOW · SPARROW · UNREAD · TURKEY · STAND · MISS · BEAR · CAMEROON · SILVER · WHISTLEBLEW · STOMACH · BUST · LUFFY
Spoilers: answers for November 30, 2025
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | TOLERATE | BEAR, STAND, STOMACH, SWALLOW |
| Green | FLOP | BUST, LEMON, MISS, TURKEY |
| Blue | FICTIONAL PIRATES | HOOK, LUFFY, SILVER, SPARROW |
| Purple | ENDING IN COLOR HOMOPHONES | CAMEROON, COCKATIEL, UNREAD, WHISTLEBLEW |
Why the word groups fit
Yellow: TOLERATE
Bear, stand, stomach and swallow can each mean to endure or put up with something.
Green: FLOP
Bust, lemon, miss and turkey can each describe a failure or flop.
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Blue: FICTIONAL PIRATES
Hook is Captain Hook, Luffy is Monkey D. Luffy, Silver is Long John Silver, and Sparrow is Jack Sparrow.
Purple: ENDING IN COLOR HOMOPHONES
The final sounds evoke color names: Cameroon sounds like “red” in the intended wordplay, cockatiel evokes “teal,” unread evokes “red,” and whistleblew evokes “blue.” This category hinges on spoken endings rather than a visible shared spelling.
How difficult was this puzzle?
TechRadar’s guide rated the board “Hard” and its author reported two mistakes, while noting that an apparent bird grouping was misleading. That is one writer’s assessment and result, not a general difficulty measure or a prediction of how other players performed. TechRadar’s November 30, 2025 guide and the Word Cheats archive list the same tiles and groups.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Why this is an archive answer
TechRadar published its guide on November 29, 2025, ahead of the named puzzle date. Its guide explains that a new Connections puzzle appears at midnight in each time zone, so “today” depends on a player’s local time. This page is labeled by the specific date and game number to distinguish the archived puzzle from the current board. Read the dated guide.
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