NYT Connections hint (Sun, 12 Jul)

Connections can either be your best friend or your nemesis, depending on how well your brain's working that day. If your puzzle feels like it's working against you, we've got you covered.

Whether you need subtle hints or full answers, we've got everything you need to get through another one of the NYT's challenges.

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Connections hint for Sunday 12th July

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: The least tasty part of the fruit.
• 🟩 Green hint: Tiny sweet treats.
• 🟦 Blue hint: The stereotypical college routine.
• 🟪 Purple hint: State capitals begin here.
• Extra hint 1: Two categories involve fruit, but only one involves real fruit.
• Extra hint 2: Every group 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: Pip
• 🟩 Green: Nerd
• 🟦 Blue: Party
• 🟪 Purple: Sac

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: Reproductive Part of Fruit
• 🟩 Green: Bit of Fruit-Flavored Candy
• 🟦 Blue: Verbs in a College Life Slogan
• 🟪 Purple: Starts of U.S. Capitals

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, 12th July:

• 🟨 Yellow: Reproductive Part of Fruit (Pip, Pit, Seed, Stone)
• 🟩 Green: Bit of Fruit-Flavored Candy (Dot, Nerd, Runt, Spree)
• 🟦 Blue: Verbs in a College Life Slogan (Party, Repeat, Sleep, Study)
• 🟪 Purple: Starts of U.S. Capitals (Den, Mad, Pho, Sac)

I'm not sure what it says about me, but the blue group was the first to fall into place today. Then came the yellow group, followed by green, and finally, purple. Unfortunately, we don't get Runt or Spree candy where I'm from, but considering it's fruit candy, it's safe to say I'd probably enjoy them.

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!