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Today's puzzle answers: Friday, November 13, 2026

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NYT Connections #1251

★ Today's full Connections answers, explained
  • Yellow (easiest) — the connection is “Use the internet”. The words: BROWSE, SCROLL, SEARCH, SURF.
  • Green (easy) — the connection is “Media attention”. The words: COVERAGE, EXPOSURE, PRESS, PUBLICITY.
  • Blue (tricky) — the connection is “Things that are towed”. The words: BARGE, GLIDER, TRAILER, WATER SKIER.
  • Purple (trickiest, usually wordplay) — the connection is “Brain ___”. The words: FREEZE, TEASER, TRUST, WAVES.

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NYT Wordle #1973

★ Today's Wordle answer, explained
  • The answer is MOXIE.

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NYT Strands #985

★ The spangram
  • ROTTENLUCK (10 letters).
★ All of today's Strands answers
  • Spangram: ROTTENLUCK
  • Theme words: BROKEN, FLOOR, MIRROR, SALT, SPILLED, THIRTEENTH

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NYT Spelling Bee

★ Pangram, explained
  • CACOPHONY
★ Full word list
  • ACHOO, ACHY, ANCHO, CACAO, CACOPHONY, CANCAN, CANNA, CANNON, CANNY, CANON, CANOPY, CANYON, CAPO, CAPON, CHANCY, CHAP, CHOP, CHOPPY, COACH, COCA, COCOA, COCOON, COHO, CONCH, COOP, COPAY, COPY, CYAN, HONCHO, HOOCH, NACHO, PAPACY, POACH, PONCHO, POOCH

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NYT Pips

★ Easy solution
  • Domino [0|4] goes on (r1,c5) and (r1,c6)
  • Domino [4|4] goes on (r5,c5) and (r5,c6)
  • Domino [1|5] goes on (r5,c1) and (r5,c2)
  • Domino [1|3] goes on (r3,c3) and (r3,c4)
  • Domino [3|3] goes on (r1,c1) and (r1,c2)
★ Medium solution
  • Domino [1|3] goes on (r1,c3) and (r2,c3)
  • Domino [4|4] goes on (r3,c3) and (r3,c4)
  • Domino [6|5] goes on (r2,c2) and (r1,c2)
  • Domino [0|4] goes on (r1,c4) and (r2,c4)
  • Domino [5|3] goes on (r3,c2) and (r3,c1)
  • Domino [3|3] goes on (r2,c5) and (r3,c5)
  • Domino [5|4] goes on (r2,c6) and (r3,c6)
★ Hard solution
  • Domino [0|1] goes on (r2,c4) and (r1,c4)
  • Domino [0|2] goes on (r4,c4) and (r3,c4)
  • Domino [0|3] goes on (r1,c1) and (r2,c1)
  • Domino [0|4] goes on (r2,c2) and (r3,c2)
  • Domino [0|5] goes on (r5,c4) and (r5,c3)
  • Domino [1|2] goes on (r5,c2) and (r6,c2)
  • Domino [1|3] goes on (r6,c6) and (r5,c6)
  • Domino [1|4] goes on (r4,c2) and (r4,c3)
  • Domino [1|5] goes on (r3,c6) and (r3,c5)
  • Domino [2|3] goes on (r6,c3) and (r6,c4)
  • Domino [2|4] goes on (r5,c5) and (r6,c5)
  • Domino [2|5] goes on (r1,c3) and (r1,c2)
  • Domino [3|4] goes on (r4,c1) and (r3,c1)
  • Domino [3|5] goes on (r2,c3) and (r3,c3)
  • Domino [4|5] goes on (r1,c5) and (r2,c5)
  • Domino [3|6] goes on (r4,c5) and (r4,c6)

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NYT Letter Boxed

★ The first word
  • THINGAMAJIG
★ Today's full Letter Boxed solution, explained
  • The official pairing is: THINGAMAJIG → GROVE.
  • Other valid solutions exist — this is the NYT's own pairing.

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NYT Mini Crossword

★ Two answers to get you moving
  • 1A — England's neighbor to the west: WALES
  • 1D — Cry loudly: WAIL
★ All the Across answers, explained
  • 1A — England's neighbor to the west: WALES
  • 6A — Something a selfie taker tries to get right: ANGLE
  • 7A — Where emails pile up: INBOX
  • 8A — "I love you a ___!" (coffee drinker's pun): LATTE
  • 9A — End of a mathematical proof: QED
★ All the Down answers, explained
  • 1D — Cry loudly: WAIL
  • 2D — Actress Kendrick of "Pitch Perfect": ANNA
  • 3D — Pride initials: LGBTQ
  • 4D — Mexican street corn: ELOTE
  • 5D — High school health class topic, for short: SEXED

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NYT Connections Sports Edition

★ Today's full Sports Connections answers, explained
  • Yellow (easiest) — the connection is “Portion of a sporting event”. The answers: LAP, ROUND, PERIOD, QUARTER.
  • Green (easy) — the connection is “Associated with duke”. The answers: DURHAM, COACH K, CAMERON INDOOR, LAETTNER.
  • Blue (tricky) — the connection is “Darts terms”. The answers: OCHE, BULL'S-EYE, NINE-DARTER, BIG FISH.
  • Purple (trickiest, usually wordplay) — the connection is “Cal _____”. The answers: RIPKEN, RALEIGH, GOLDEN BEARS, CLUTTERBUCK.

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Connections: Soccer Edition

★ Today's full Soccer Connections answers, explained
  • Yellow (easiest) — the connection is “Against the rules”. The answers: DIVE, TRIP, HANDBALL, PUSH.
  • Green (easy) — the connection is “Refereeing equipment”. The answers: WHISTLE, PEN, COIN, WATCH.
  • Blue (tricky) — the connection is “Types of kicks”. The answers: FREE, CORNER, GOAL, SCISSOR.
  • Purple (trickiest, usually wordplay) — the connection is “Won european cup/champions league with manchester united”. The answers: BEST, STILES, BUTT, BROWN.

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LinkedIn games

LinkedIn Queens

★ Today's full Queens solution
  • Row 1: the crown sits in column 6 (the orange region).
  • Row 2: the crown sits in column 1 (the purple region).
  • Row 3: the crown sits in column 8 (the green region).
  • Row 4: the crown sits in column 3 (the blue region).
  • Row 5: the crown sits in column 5 (the grey region).
  • Row 6: the crown sits in column 9 (the yellow region).
  • Row 7: the crown sits in column 2 (the red region).
  • Row 8: the crown sits in column 7 (the brown region).
  • Row 9: the crown sits in column 4 (the pink region).

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LinkedIn Tango

★ Today's full Tango solution
  • Row 1: ☀️ 🌙 ☀️ 🌙 ☀️ 🌙
  • Row 2: 🌙 ☀️ 🌙 ☀️ 🌙 ☀️
  • Row 3: 🌙 🌙 ☀️ 🌙 ☀️ ☀️
  • Row 4: ☀️ 🌙 ☀️ 🌙 ☀️ 🌙
  • Row 5: ☀️ ☀️ 🌙 ☀️ 🌙 🌙
  • Row 6: 🌙 ☀️ 🌙 ☀️ 🌙 ☀️

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LinkedIn Zip

★ Today's full Zip path
  • Starting at 1: → → → ↑ ← ← ← ← ↓ ← ↑ ← ↓ ↓ → → → → ↓ → ↑ → ↓ ↓ ← ← ← ↑ ← ↓ ← ↑ ← ↓ ↓ ↓ → ↑ → ↓ → → → → ↑ ← ← ←
  • Read the arrows one at a time — each is one square of the path.

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LinkedIn Pinpoint

★ Today's Pinpoint answer
  • The category is: Things associated with tracks!.

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LinkedIn Crossclimb

★ Today's full Crossclimb answers
  • Top word: DROP.
  • The ladder: DROP → CROP → COOP → LOOP → LOOT → SOOT → SHOT.
  • Bottom word: SHOT.

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LinkedIn Mini Sudoku #389

★ Today's full Mini Sudoku solution
  • Row 1: 1 2 3 4 5 6
  • Row 2: 5 4 6 2 1 3
  • Row 3: 2 3 4 5 6 1
  • Row 4: 6 5 1 3 2 4
  • Row 5: 4 6 2 1 3 5
  • Row 6: 3 1 5 6 4 2

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LinkedIn Patches

★ Today's full Patches solution
  • The 4 at row 1, column 3: its patch covers row 1, columns 1–4.
  • The 6 at row 1, column 5: its patch covers rows 1–2, columns 5–7.
  • The 8 at row 2, column 4: its patch covers rows 2–5, columns 3–4.
  • The 4 at row 3, column 1: its patch covers rows 2–3, columns 1–2.
  • The 3 at row 3, column 7: its patch covers row 3, columns 5–7.
  • The 2 at row 4, column 2: its patch covers row 4, columns 1–2.
  • The 4 at row 4, column 6: its patch covers rows 4–5, columns 5–6.
  • The 6 at row 5, column 1: its patch covers rows 5–7, columns 1–2.
  • The 3 at row 5, column 7: its patch covers rows 4–6, column 7.
  • The 4 at row 6, column 4: its patch covers row 6, columns 3–6.
  • The 2 at row 7, column 3: its patch covers row 7, columns 3–4.
  • The 3 at row 7, column 5: its patch covers row 7, columns 5–7.

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LinkedIn Wend

★ All of today's Wend answers
  • 6 letters: SHRINK
  • 7 letters: FEATHER
  • 8 letters: MAJORITY
  • 9 letters: TECHNIQUE

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