Read on for hints and today’s Connections answers.
Hints for today’s Connections groupsHere are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Answers for today’s Connections groupsYellow group: Hold onto, as a feeling.
What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 12, 2026.
Today’s NYT Connections puzzle features some tricky categories, but if you’ve watched a share of TV comedies, the blue group will be fun for you. Read on for hints and today’s Connections answers.
Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Still feeling it.
Green group hint: Ribbit!
Blue group hint: TV comedy characters.
Purple group hint: There are hidden words at the front of these clues.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Hold onto, as a feeling.
Green group: Kinds of frogs.
Blue group: NBC sitcom surnames.
Purple group: Starting with affirmative responses.
What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 12, 2026. NYT/Screenshot by CNET
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is hold onto, as a feeling.
The four answers are foster, harbor, maintain and nurse.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is kinds of frogs.
The four answers are bull, green, poison dart and tree.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is NBC sitcom surnames.
The four answers are (Elaine) Benes, (Chandler) Bing, (Liz) Lemon and (Michael) Scott.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is starting with affirmative responses.
The four answers are fine print (fine), goodbye (good), Great White (great) and Okayama (OK).
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
