NYT Connections hint (Wed, 12 Aug)

Everyone says Monday is the worst day of the week, but I think Wednesday is right up there, too. It's far enough through the week that you may already be struggling, and the end isn't even in sight! If Connections is making your hump day even harder, let us help you out with a few hints.

Click here to play today's NYT Connections puzzle!

Connections hint for Wednesday 12th August

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: Some things are worth keeping close.
• 🟩 Green hint: The pond has more variety than you might think.
• 🟦 Blue hint: You know the characters, even if not by first name.
• 🟪 Purple hint: It's the start of the journey that matters most.
• Extra hint 1: One group hides its answers at the start of other words.
• Extra hint 2: Every group except purple has at least one word starting with the letter 'S'

If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:

• 🟨 Yellow: Maintain
• 🟩 Green: Poison Dart
• 🟦 Blue: Bing
• 🟪 Purple: Goodbye

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections groups are revealed just below!

Today's Connections groups revealed

If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today's Connections puzzle, below we'll reveal the four correct Connections groups - the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.

Here are the Connections groups for today:

• 🟨 Yellow: Hold Onto
• 🟩 Green: Kinds of Frogs
• 🟦 Blue: NBC Sitcom Surnames
• 🟪 Purple: Starting with Affirmative Responses

Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today's puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections answer lies ahead!

Connections answer today

Here is the answer to today's Connections puzzle on Wednesday, 12th August:

• 🟨 Yellow: Hold Onto (Foster, Harbor, Maintain, Nurse)
• 🟩 Green: Kinds of Frogs (Bull, Green, Poison Dart, Tree)
• 🟦 Blue: NBC Sitcom Surnames (Benes, Bing, Lemon, Scott)
• 🟪 Purple: Starting with Affirmative Responses (Fine Print, Goodbye, Great White, Okayama)

Luckily for me, my frog obsession came in handy today! They're just so cute. How can you not love them? Chandler Bing was the piece of the puzzle I needed for the blue group to click, then came the yellow group, and the purple group was last again. Sorry purple group.

Let us know in the comments below how you found today's puzzle! Here's my grid:

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Congratulations if you got today's Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn't succeed today, don't worry - a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!