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NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for July 12, 2026 16%
7/12/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Topics: Nyt Connections, Word Puzzles
BS Summary: This article contains 22 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Loss Aversion, and Bandwagon, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 30.7% saturation with 170 hits. Analysis detected 804 faulty-reasoning hits from 553 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 31.5% and a BS Rank of 16% (18,574 of 21,886 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 84.90% of the article peer group.
The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult if you know your state capitals.
Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention.
The game is all about finding the "common threads between words."
And just like Wordle , Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier-so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.
If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for today's Connections solution.
But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.
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What is Connections?
The NYT 's latest daily word game has become a social media hit.
The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section.
Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.
Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories.
These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc.
Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer.
If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board.
Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake-players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.
Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier.
Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple.
Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.
NYT Pips hints, answers for July 10, 2026
Here's a hint for today's Connections categories
Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories?
Then give these a try:
Yellow: Fruit insides
Green: Fruit-flavored
Blue: Fun at college
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Here are today's Connections categories
Need a little extra help?
Today's connections fall into the following categories:
Yellow: Reproductive Part of Fruit
Green: Bit of Fruit-Flavored Candy
Blue: Verbs in a College Life Slogan
Purple: Starts of U.S.
Capitals
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The solution to today's Connections #1127 is...
What is the answer to Connections today
Reproductive Part of Fruit: PIP, PIT, SEED, STONE
Bit of Fruit-Flavored Candy: DOT, NERD, RUNT, SPREE
Verbs in a College Life Slogan: PARTY, REPEAT, SLEEP, STUDY
Starts of U.S.
Capitals: DEN, MAD, PHO, SAC
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