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Connections Hints
Daily NYT Connections Help — FreeStuck on today’s Connections? Use the strategy guide and the group checker below to test your guesses — hints that nudge, never spoilers.
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Personal numerology readingFull birth name + birthday calculator
Name energy & personal numerology
Numerology treats numbers as symbols for recurring qualities—initiative, cooperation, expression, stability, change, care, insight, ambition, and service. In that tradition, a name’s letters describe how its symbolic energy is expressed, while a birth date supplies timing and life-pattern numbers. “Energy” here is a spiritual and interpretive idea, not a measurable force or scientific predictor.
“If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have a key to the universe.”Widely attributed to Nikola Tesla; no verified primary source has been established.
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Unscramble directions
Start broad, then tighten the filters when you know where a letter must land.
Choose the result length
Set a minimum and maximum, or turn on “Use every tile” when you need words that use the whole rack.
Sort and inspect the matches
Rank by length, alphabetically, or by Scrabble and Words With Friends tile scores. Tap any result to see its definition.
Unscrambler tips
Use the rack controls to narrow a long list without changing your letters.
Use blanks carefully
Enter ? for an unknown tile. Up to two blanks can stand in for missing letters.
Try advanced filters
Starts with, ends with, and contains filters help when the board limits where a word can fit.
Check the score
A shorter word containing J, Q, X, or Z may outscore a longer word made from common letters.
Keep options open
Compare full-rack matches with shorter words before spending a blank or a flexible letter.
Group checker — test your 4 words
Enter the 4 words you think form a group. We check every pair for synonym and association links and score how strongly they connect. Your words never leave the page except to query the public Datamuse word API.
Note: this checks dictionary links (synonyms, related words). Purple-level wordplay — anagrams, homophones, fill-in-the-blank — may not show up here, so a low score does not rule out a sneaky group.
Connections hints FAQ
How the puzzle works, how hints differ from answers, and what the colors mean.
What is NYT Connections?
A daily word puzzle with 16 words on a 4-by-4 grid. Sort them into 4 groups of 4 that share a hidden connection. You get 4 mistakes before the game ends, and groups are color-coded yellow, green, blue, purple by difficulty.
How are hints different from answers?
Hints nudge you toward the category — for example, “think about words that are also kitchen tools” — without naming the group. The group checker above tests whether your 4 words actually share a link, so you keep the satisfaction of solving it yourself.
What do the difficulty colors mean?
Yellow is the most straightforward group, then green, then blue, then purple. Purple is the hardest and usually involves wordplay like homophones, anagrams, or fill-in-the-blank patterns. Solve yellow first to shrink the board.