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Hints for November 8, 2025
These indirect hints are listed in category order. The first points to blocking an opening; the last three suggest a phrase, a type, and a familiar expression.
- “We’ve sprung a leak!”
- “I now ____ you man and wife”
- “Different ways of talking”
- “__ before ‘e’, except after ‘c’”
The hints are from Parade’s guide to the puzzle.
Category names
Spoilers begin here: the four category labels are BLOCK, AS AN OPENING, PUT FORWARD, AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT, KINDS OF LANGUAGE, and WORDS AFTER “I”.
Answers for Connections #881
BLOCK, AS AN OPENING
CLOSE, PLUG, SEAL, STOP
Each verb can mean to block or close an opening; the leak hint points toward stopping its flow.
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PUT FORWARD, AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT
DELIVER, GIVE, PRESENT, PRONOUNCE
Each can describe putting forward or making an announcement.
KINDS OF LANGUAGE
BODY, PROGRAMMING, SIGN, SPOKEN
Each word names or describes a kind of language.
WORDS AFTER “I”
BEAM, CHING, ROBOT, SPY
Put “I” before each word to make I-beam, I Ching, I, Robot, and I Spy.
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Sources
- Parade’s November 8, 2025 guide provides the hints, categories, and answer groups.
- Try Hard Guides identifies the date’s puzzle as #881 and corroborates the category labels.
- Fortnite Insider corroborates the solution groups.
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