All articles tagged with #hints
This piece offers spoiler-free hints for today’s NYT Connections puzzle (Aug. 24, 2026) by focusing on the meanings behind clues and common wordplay/visual-clue tricks used in the game. It highlights example clue meanings (Face, Heel, Jobber, Kayfabe, Mullet, Pike, Sole, Tang, Arch, Chief, Main, Ex-love, Eyelet) and notes Mashable’s ongoing daily hints for NYT Connections, Wordle, and Strands.
Lifehacker’s post provides spoiler-filled hints and the full solution for the NYT Connections puzzle on August 12, 2026, detailing four groups: Yellow HOLD ONTO words (FOSTER, HARBOR, MAINTAIN, NURSE); Green KINDS OF FROGS (BULL, GREEN, POISON DART, TREE); Blue NBC SITCOM SURNAMES (BENES, BING, LEMON, SCOTT); and Purple STARTING WITH AFFIRMATIVE RESPONSES (FINE PRINT, GOODBYE, GREAT WHITE, OKAYAMA), plus tips on identifying overlapping groups and strategies for solving Connections.
Mashable reveals today’s NYT Connections #1157 hints and the full solution: Doomed (DONE, SUNK, THROUGH, TOAST), Basic Cable Channels (BET, BRAVO, HISTORY, USA), Words in an Auctioneer's Chant (GOING, ONCE, SOLD, TWICE), and Homophones of Facial Features (AYE, HARE, KNOWS, TUNG). The piece also explains how the game works (16 words per puzzle, four color-coded groups, up to four mistakes, and the option to shuffle the board).
Mashable provides hints and the final solutions for NYT Connections puzzle #1154 (August 8, 2026). It explains the four category groups and their answers: Quaint expressions of excitement — HOT DOG, HURRAH, WHOOPEE, YAHOO; Convey — COUCH, EXPRESS, FRAME, PHRASE; Words abbreviated with letters as homophones — CUTIE, EASY, EFFECTS, I OWE YOUS; Safety ____ — BELT, GOGGLES, PIN, RAZOR. The piece also covers how to play, strategy tips, and notes that solutions are revealed for players who want them.
Mashable breaks down NYT Connections #1144 with quick hints, the four category groups (Yellow: Fasteners; Green: Nondescript; Blue: Units of wisdom; Purple: Boards in a classroom), and the full solution, plus strategic tips for spotting connections and using the color-coded difficulty to solve the puzzle.
Provides hints and the full solution for NYT Connections puzzle #1142 (July 27, 2026), including the four groups and their answers: Gymnastics apparatus (BEAM, HORSE, RINGS, VAULT); Long tapered things (CARROT, ICICLE, KNITTING NEEDLE, STALACTITE); Kinds of shifts (DOPPLER, GRAVEYARD, PARADIGM, STICK); and Icons on a shopping site (BELL, CART, HEART, MAGNIFYING GLASS). The article also explains how to play, scoring, and where to find more puzzles.
CNET shares hints and the solutions for the NYT Connections puzzle #1135 (July 20, 2026). Four groupings are revealed: Yellow (proclaim) with blare, herald, sound, trumpet; Green (kinds of noses) with button, Greek, ski jump, snub; Blue (used in metaphors for opportunity) with blank page, horizon, oyster, window; Purple (starting with fermented beverages) with Alexa (ale), meadow (mead), portobello (port), sakes (sake). The piece also notes the NYT Connections Bot and progress-tracking features for Times Games.
Lifehacker shares spoilers for today’s NYT Strands puzzle (#868): the spangram SUPERSIZEIT and the theme words GIANT, BEHEMOTH, LEVIATHAN, MAMMOTH, and COLOSSUS, with tips on solving and a primer on how Strands works under the “Big talk” theme.
Mashable breaks down NYT's Connections puzzle #1133 for July 18, 2026, providing category hints and the official solution. The article explains the four 16-word boards, color-coded groups (Yellow: Commit a basketball violation; Green: Belief; Blue: Things tracked in video games; Purple: Words after 'Pop'), and then lists the solution words for each category: CARRY, DOUBLE DRIBBLE, GOALTEND, TRAVEL; ATTITUDE, MIND, OPINION, VIEW; HEALTH, LIVES, SCORE, TIME; CULTURE, FLY, QUIZ, TART.
CNET's Wordle hints for July 15 (No. 1852) describe a tough puzzle with no repeated letters, one vowel, beginning with P and ending in W; the answer is PSHAW, an old-fashioned interjection used to dismiss a compliment.
Mashable breaks down NYT Connections #1121 (July 6, 2026), explaining the game’s setup and presenting the day’s four category groups with their solutions: Stunning news (BOMBSHELL, REVELATION, SHOCKER, THUNDERBOLT); Science fair model subjects (ATOM, DNA, SOLAR SYSTEM, VOLCANO); Acme products used by Wile E. Coyote (EARTHQUAKE PILLS, IRON BIRD SEED, ROCKET SKATES, TNT); Starting with dating apps (BUMBLEBEE, GRIND RAIL, MATCHA, TINDERBOX). It also notes the iron bird seed gag from Looney Tunes and mentions the standard gameplay mechanics and sharing features. If you want to solve it yourself, skip to the hints and then the solution.
CNET's Wordle hints for June 29, 2026 (No. 1836) present five clues and reveal the solution: CRUDE. Clues include: no repeated letters, two vowels, starts with C, ends with E, and the word means something built in a basic or rough way.
The June 27, 2026 NYT Connections puzzle (#1112) solution groups are: Yellow = Monopoly squares (Boardwalk, Income Tax, Short Line, Water Works); Green = fashion-show components (catwalk, collection, designer, model); Blue = commonly striped items (barber pole, billiard ball, credit card, crosswalk); Purple = endings in horse gaits (decanter, envelope, firewalk, foxtrot). The piece also includes hints, strategies and notes on the NYT Connections bot and Times Games progress tracking.
Mashable provides tips for Wordle #1833 and reveals the June 26, 2026 solution as ACUTE, plus context on starting-word strategies and Wordle’s origin.
CNET provides the hints and full solutions for the New York Times NYT Connections puzzle for June 23, 2026 (No. 1,108), detailing the four groups: yellow (dance styles: foxtrot, modern, swing, tap), green (Monopoly box items: deed, hotel, money, token), blue (content sorting options online: featured, popular, recent, trending), and purple (things with mantles/mantels: Earth, emperor, fireplace, Yankees). The piece also notes the Times’ Connections bot and how players can track progress in the Times Games section.