NYT Connections hint (Sun, 10 May)

Looking for some Connections hints to help with today's puzzle on Sunday, 10th May? We've got you covered! We know first-hand how difficult it is to maintain a hefty streak and how disappointing it is to lose it.

Here, we've got subtle hints and full answers available so you can complete yet another Connections puzzle and save that streak!

How to play Connections

Connections is one of the most popular (and challenging) daily puzzle games published by the New York Times (owners of Wordle). The aim of Connections is to group the 16 words of the day into four groups, where each group of four words has a common theme.

For instance, the words "Hook", "Nana", "Peter", and "Wendy" are all Peter Pan characters. Or to take another example, "Action", "Ballpark", "Go", and "Stick" are all words which commonly come just before the word "Figure". These are the kinds of Connections you'll need to make to solve the puzzle.

Your job is to figure out what these themes are that connect the various words together - but be wary, because a lot of the time there are deceptive red herring connections placed purely to throw you off! To win the game, you have to find all four Connections without making 4 mistakes. On your fourth mistake, the game is over and the answer is revealed automatically.

Each of the four groups in each day's Connections puzzle is also assigned a different colour, which represents how easy or difficult the Connection is to find. These colours are: Yellow (Easiest), Green (Easy), Blue (Medium), and Purple (Hardest).

Click here to play today's Connections puzzle!

Connections hint: Today's Connections words

Below you'll find various hints for today's Connections. Each of the below hints will make it progressively easier for you to solve today's puzzle. First we'll reveal the words in today's Connections, followed by our Connections hint for each group. Then we'll reveal one word inside each group, followed by the groups themselves; and finally, at the bottom of this page, we'll reveal the answers to today's Connections puzzle. Here are the 16 Connections words for today:

• FOUNTAIN
• BOUND
• CERTAIN
• COIL
• FATED
• GARNISH
• LEAP
• MUDDLE
• PLAY
• POUR
• REPEAT
• SEASON
• SHUFFLE
• SKIP
• STIR
• SURE

Connections hint for Sunday 10th May

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• Yellow hint: Words seen on an iPod.
• Green hint: Written in the stars.
• Blue hint: Behind the bar.
• Purple hint: One word, many meanings.
• Extra hint 1: Some groups are tangible, others are not.
• Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter 'S'

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

• Yellow: Play
• Green: Fated
• Blue: Pour
• Purple: Coil

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

Connections hints: All of today's Connections groups

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: Music Player Buttons
• Green: Destined
• Blue: Verbs In Making A Mojito
• Purple: What 'Spring' Might Refer To

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 Sunday, 10th May:

• Yellow: Music Player Buttons (Play, Repeat, Shuffle, Skip)
• Green: Destined (Bound, Certain, Fated, Sure)
• Blue: Verbs In Making A Mojito (Garnish, Muddle, Pour, Stir)
• Purple: What 'Spring' Might Refer To (Coil, Fountain, Leap, Season)

Finally! The skills I picked up during my years as a bartender have come in handy for something other than making tasty drinks; although that is a great skill, I'll be honest. The yellow group was the second to fall into place for me after that, which left me with green and purple. Purple is always the trickiest one, and although this purple group was more forgiving than others, it still lived up to its reputation.

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!