Connections Hints
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — November 18, 2025
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
Theme name plus one word from each category.
CLOWN, JOKER, LAUGH, and RIOT are all informal words for someone who is very funny or entertaining.
CHERRY, GRAPE, PLUM, and ROMA are all types of tomatoes commonly found in grocery stores.
BERRY (Halle), MADISON (Oscar winner — actually this may refer to a winner), STONE (Emma), and SWANK (Hilary) are all last names of Best Actress Oscar winners.
COMMONPLACE ends in PLACE, NEEDLEPOINT ends in POINT, PARASITE ends in SITE, and SUNSPOT ends in SPOT — all synonyms for 'location'.