It’s time to add another notch to that NYT Connections streak. In this guide, you’ll find the NYT Connections hints and solutions you need to power through the puzzle and come out the other side without too much fuss. If you’re stuck on today’s NYT Connections challenge, refer to the hints below!
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How to Play NYT Connections
In June 2023, NYT Connections emerged as yet another game in the ever-growing lineup of the New York Times titles. This title soared immediately, and it’s easy to see why. As a free-to-play, accessible New York Times game, NYT Connections is available worldwide and can be played on desktop devices or in a mobile app.
But how do you play NYT Connections?
The NYT team will provide you with a grid of 16 words once a day. The only task left up to you is to sort those words into four groups of four by finding their commonalities. Every NYT Connections puzzle has just one solution, and some words can have double meanings, so it can sometimes be tricky to figure out the answers.
It’s also important to stress that the words are color-coded: yellow, blue, green, and purple. That’s in order of difficulty, from least to most.
What’s critical here is that you get four guesses every day, and if you use those, your NYT Connections answers for today will be out of reach, as it’ll be game over.
Today’s NYT Connections Hints (October 12)
Here are the words for today’s NYT Connections:
- CALAMARI
- MANDARIN
- STATE
- ABBREVIATION
- NICKNAME
- HANDLE
- SHAPE
- WEATHER
- CONDITION
- CONTRACTION
- SITUATIION
- BEAR
- ALKYLAMIDE
- STAND
- ELISION
- MELAMINE
And here are the hints I can offer for today’s NYT Connections:
- Yellow – How to describe the condition of something
- Green – How you might tolerate something
- Blue – Common ways to shorten raw words
- Purple – Words featuring U.S. postal abbreviations
Here’s the final warning before we get to today’s NYT Connections answers this October 12.
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NYT Connections Answers Explained for Today, October 12 (#1219)
If you want to jump straight to the answers for today’s NYT Connections puzzle, I’ve got you covered:
- Yellow – CONDITION, SHAPE, SITUATION, STATE
- Green – BEAR, HANDLE, STAND, WEATHER
- Blue – ABBREVIATION, CONTRACTION, ELISION, NICKNAME
- Purple – ALKYLAMIDE, CALAMARI, MANDARIN, MELAMINE
When Does NYT Connections Reset?
That’s today’s puzzle, but if you want the next one, the game resets daily at midnight local time (that’s your local time). You’ll have 24 hours to complete the puzzle when midnight ticks over in your timezone.
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Grant has been gaming for 30+ years and in the industry for 10+. You'll probably find him playing a post-apocalyptic game or an extraction shooter somewhere.
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