Are you looking for an answer to today's connections? Connections answers on November18for puzzle#526 is easier than yesterday's puzzle, and Connections Companion has rated the difficulty of this puzzle as 2.3 out of 5.

Every day we update this article with connection tips and tips to help you find all 4 of today's answers. If the hint is not enough, you can find all the 4 answers below in the category title and related words. Additionally, it includes reflections on yesterday's puzzle, #525, in case you're reading this in a different time zone.

Spoilers are ahead for connection #526. Read only if you want to know the answer for today's connection.

Also see How to Play NYT Connect Guide for tips on how to solve puzzles without our help.

Unlike our guide to Wordle answers today we recommend the best Wordle Start word as your strategy, solving the connection relies on identifying the category to connect between 16 words. The difficulty of each category is represented by color, yellow is the easiest grouping and purple is the most challenging. If you make 4 mistakes in your guess, the tips may help, as the answer will be revealed.

If you need tips for solving grouping, here are the themes for each based on the order of difficulty:

These tips should get at least some of the ways to find the answers connected today. Or scroll further down if you just want to know the answer.

Here's a bigger tip: Style your hair while paying your bills. But don't forget the horseshoe in your cute Dalmatian mouth.

So what is the answer for today's connection for game #526?

Drum roll, please...

This was my second time doing this week's Connection Guide, and I'm happy to report that I solved the puzzle successfully. In fact, I only made 1 mistake in the yellow category. I knew it was about hair care, but I stumbled on "dying" (I thought the brain fart was a dye for a moment).

From there, it was smooth sailing through the monthly expense category. The same applies mostly to the "___Crab" section as the first 3 were obvious. I did not know about the "spider crab", but I took the guess and was right.

After I had locked down the first three, it left only the last four. I didn't think of "things with spots" before grouping the last 4, but not because the puzzle was over and I was happy.

Are you reading this in a later time zone? According to Connections Companion, game #525 had a difficulty rating of 2.8 out of 5.

It was an exciting adventure filled because I don't usually do a connection guide. I grasped that a few words were based around a team or group and almost effortlessly locked into the first category yesterday. It turns out that it is close enough "alliance".

From there, I was a bit puzzled before noticing the fact that "clinging" is associated with other tight things. From there, I connected "Sleek" and "Snug" to "Clingy", but I had to think a bit about Slinky.

From there, I fell apart and made the wrong puzzle. I had to rely on the answer and the connection companion to find a guide.

In retrospect, the use of "What an apostrophe is" was very clever at the final level, and I wanted to discover the link but appreciate the effort that went into the puzzle. The same applies to the kneeling part of the puzzle, but I feel like I could have caught it if I had spent a little more time.