What are today's Connections hints?

Visit this page daily for fresh Connections hints. We provide 5 progressive clues — from general group info to category names — so you can solve the puzzle yourself without full spoilers.

How do Connections hints work on The Word Bee?

We offer 5 progressive hints plus a full answer reveal. Start with light clues like group count and difficulty levels, then work up to category names. Reveal only what you need to keep the challenge fun.

What do the colors mean in Connections?

Each group has a difficulty color: Yellow is the easiest category, Green is straightforward, Blue is moderate, and Purple is the trickiest with more abstract or unexpected connections.

How many groups are in today's Connections puzzle?

Every Connections puzzle has exactly 4 groups of 4 words each, for a total of 16 words. The groups range in difficulty from yellow (easiest) to purple (hardest).

Connections Hints Today - Daily Clues & Tips

About Connections Hints

Connections is one of the most popular daily word puzzles, challenging you to find four hidden groups among 16 seemingly unrelated words. Our daily Connections hints page is designed to give you just enough information to break through when you are stuck — without ruining the satisfaction of solving the puzzle yourself.

Each day, we analyze the new Connections puzzle and prepare a set of progressive hints that start with the lightest clues and gradually reveal more. Whether you just need a tiny nudge or are completely stumped, you can choose exactly how much help to receive. Our hint system is structured so that the first few hints preserve nearly all of the challenge while the later hints make it much easier to identify the groups.

The beauty of Connections is that many words are deliberately designed to look like they could fit in multiple groups. That is what makes the puzzle tricky and why hints can be so valuable. Sometimes knowing that one specific word belongs to a certain color group is enough to rearrange your mental model and see the solution clearly. Our hints are crafted to create exactly those moments of clarity.

How to Use These Hints

We recommend a gradual approach to get the most enjoyment from each puzzle:

Try the puzzle first — play at least a few minutes on your own before checking hints
Start with Hint 1 — it gives the lightest clue (group structure and difficulty)
Reveal one hint at a time — each successive hint gives away a bit more
Go back to the puzzle — after each hint, return to the game and try again
Only use the full reveal if you are truly stuck — the spoiler section shows all four complete groups

Most players find that hints 1 through 3 are enough to get them unstuck. The category name reveal (Hint 5) makes it relatively straightforward to sort the remaining words.

Connections Strategy Tips

Beyond daily hints, here are proven strategies to improve your Connections game:

Start with the easiest group — yellow is always the most straightforward connection, so identify it first to narrow down remaining options
Watch for red herrings — the puzzle designers intentionally place words that seem to fit in multiple groups; be suspicious of "obvious" connections that use words from different categories
Think beyond the obvious — purple (hardest) categories often involve wordplay, hidden words, or abstract connections rather than simple categorization
Use the "One away" feedback — if the game tells you that you are one word away from a correct group, carefully reconsider which of your four selected words might actually belong elsewhere
Save your guesses — you only get four mistakes, so avoid guessing randomly; be confident before you submit

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