NYT Connections hint (Fri, 12 Jun)

Looking for some Connections hints to help with today's puzzle on Friday, 12th June? You've been working hard all week, after all. You deserve a bit of a break!

Let us do the heavy lifting for you today. Here, we have subtle hints or full answers so you can get just as much help as you want or need.

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:

• SCHOOL DAYS
• BED HEAD
• MIRROR SELFIE
• MOUTH GUARD
• PRIDE ROCK
• ECHO PARK
• DELTA AIRLINES
• QUOTE UNQUOTE
• CURSE WORD
• COPY EDITOR
• SPELL CHECKER
• BANK TELLER
• PACK RAT
• CHARM BRACELET
• MURDER MYSTERY
• HEX KEY

Connections hint for Friday 12th June

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• Yellow hint: How magical!
• Green hint: There's strength in numbers.
• Blue hint: Say that again?
• Purple hint: Follow the flow.
• Extra hint 1: Every group has at least one word starting with the letter 'R'
• Extra hint 2: Focus on the start.

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

• Yellow: Hex Key
• Green: Pride Rock
• Blue: Echo Park
• Purple: Bed Head

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: Starting with Incantations
• Green: Starting with Animal Group Names
• Blue: Starting with Synonyms for "Repeat"
• Purple: Starting with Parts of a River

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 Friday, 12th June:

• Yellow: Starting with Incantations (Charm Bracelet, Curse Word, Hex Key, Spell Checker)
• Green: Starting with Animal Group Names (Murder Mystery, Pack Rat, Pride Rock, School Days)
• Blue: Starting with Synonyms for "Repeat" (Copy Editor, Echo Park, Mirror Selfie, Quote Unquote)
• Purple: Starting with Parts of a River (Bank Teller, Bed Head, Delta Airlines, Mouth Guard)

What a treat today's Connections puzzle was! When you are up to date with your Connections puzzles, things can start to get a little repetative. This puzzle, though, was anything but. Even something as simple as double words can freshen things up! And without knowing the answer, you don't know whether you should be focusing on the first words, second words, or both. Bravo to the writer! And bravo to you for making it to the end of another puzzle.

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!