Today’s Connections Hint and Answer August 12 for 428

To start the week off right, put the kettle on and try to understand the Connections response for today, August 12.

If you’ve never played it, Connections challenges you to sort a group of 16 words into four groups where all the words are well… connected. This connection could come from the fact that they share a similar meaning, are part of a place name, objects found in a kitchen, or anything else really!

Although it may seem easy, the connection groups each have a different level of difficulty – yellow being the easiest and purple being the most difficult. For this reason, practice Today’s Login Response This can be quite complicated. You may get one group right away, but another may be a mystery to you. Luckily, we are here to help!

Originally developed at the New York Times’ annual game jam, Connections was released in beta in June 2023. It has since become one of the most popular games featured by the NYTimes, second only to Worlde. Although some connections have been made to the BBC’s Only Connect program…

Hint for today’s Connections answer

Instead of jumping straight to the answer, let’s start with some clues for today’s Connections riddle:

• YELLOW – Remember to check the periodic table.
• Green – How big is a bed?
• Blue – Different ways to call a toilet.
• Purple – Types of sharp objects.
• Mercury belongs to the yellow group, the king to green and the head to blue.

Remember: yellow is the easiest group to find, followed by green and blue, with purple being the hardest set of words to connect.

Login Words for August 12th

Here are the words included in today’s Connections puzzle – see if the clues above help you make a connection before visiting today’s answer:

Bowie	Head	Complete	Butter
Lead	Throne	Mercury	King
Queen	Butterfly	John	Gold
Butcher	Double	Tin	Can

Connections response for August 12

Without further ado, here is Connections’ response for today:

• Metal elements – Gold, lead, mercury, tin.
• Mattress sizes – Full, King, Queen, Twin.
• Slang for toilet – May, Head, John, Throne.
• Types of knives – Bowie, Butchet, Butter, Butterfly.

I chose King and Queen as my first words after reading them all. It took me one failed attempt and a few minutes, but I finally found the Green group. The Yellow group came right after. Now, I’m not really into knives, so finding the Purple group was definitely out of reach. But, they’re all words that start with B. I don’t know if the people behind the game wanted me to group them using that reasoning, but it worked!

What to play after Connections?

The obvious answer to this question is Wordle, but if you’ve already solved that problem today, the New York Times has other games to offer. As for word-based games, the NYTimes offers Mini Crossword, Spelling Bee, Letter Boxed, and Strands, which is still in beta. If you feel like taking a break from words, you can also try Tiles — a pattern-matching game — or Sudoku.

Outside of the NYTimes, there is Semantle, where you have to find the secret word by guessing its meaning. Spelling doesn’t matter in Semantle, instead you have to pay attention to the numerical value of your guesses to plot your way to the answer. However, if you prefer to stick to the Connections format, it’s worth checking out Puzzgrid. There are hundreds of Connections-style puzzles there, but the twist is that you only have three minutes to solve them.

(You can also just watch Only Connect on BBC iPlayer…)

If you’re in the mood to read, we explained why the NYTimes’ crossword puzzle is a reliable joy and interviewed Jonathan Knight, head of games for the NYTimes.

Good luck solving today’s connections!