Connections answers for Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Below: the Melio Connections puzzle for Wednesday, November 4, 2026, a progressive hint ladder so you can work toward the solution without spoiling it, and the full color-coded grouping if you want the answer outright.
Heads up: Melio’s Connections grids are independently authored. The answers for Wednesday, November 4, 2026 below are the Melio answers, not the NYT ones.
The 16 words
NAAN
PERIOD
DASH
COLON
BAGEL
JURASSIC
AUSTRALIA
SOUTH
NATIONAL
EUROPE
ASIA
CENTRAL
AFRICA
COMMA
PITA
RYE
Hint ladder
Spoiler warning
Stage 1: letter spread
Today's 16 words are spread across the alphabet. The most common starting letters are A (3×), C (3×), N (2×), P (2×).
Stage 2: yellow theme
The yellow group's theme is "Types of bread". That's the easiest grouping; pick the four words that fit and you're a quarter of the way through.
Stage 3: yellow group reveal
The four yellow words are: RYE, NAAN, PITA, BAGEL.
RYENAANPITABAGEL
Stage 4: all four themes
The four categories, in order from easiest to hardest, are: Yellow (easiest): "Types of bread" · Green: "Continents" · Blue: "Punctuation" · Purple (trickiest): "___ Park".
Stage 5: full solution
Below is the full grouping; each row is one category.