Today's NYT puzzle hints, without the spoilers
Tiered hints for the daily NYT games — Connections, Wordle, Strands, Spelling Bee, Pips and Letter Boxed. Open one clue at a time and take exactly as much help as you want; full answers are always there too, safely behind a spoiler card. Plus strategy guides for all six LinkedIn games.
Connections
Group the 16 words into four secret categories.
Today: #1242 Today's hints →Wordle
Guess the five-letter word in six tries.
Today: #1879 Today's hints →Strands
Find the theme words hidden in the letter grid.
Today: #1069 Today's hints →Spelling Bee
Make words from seven letters — always using the centre letter.
Today's hints →Pips
Place dominoes so every region's rule is satisfied.
Today's hints →Letter Boxed
Chain words around the square using all twelve letters.
Today's hints →All of today's answers
Every game, one page — for when you just need to check.
See today's answers →How this site works
Every puzzle page is built the same way: Hint 1 is a gentle nudge that rules nothing out, the middle tiers narrow things down, and the final card holds the complete answer — clearly marked, never shown until you choose. It's the way you'd want a friend to help: one whisper at a time.
New puzzles are fetched and hinted within minutes of release, every single day — including weekends and holidays. Bookmark the game you play and it will always be today's.
LinkedIn games — rules & strategy
Playing Queens, Tango, Zip, Pinpoint, Crossclimb or Mini Sudoku? Our guides cover the rules and the solving techniques for every LinkedIn daily game — and spoiler-safe daily hint pages for them are coming soon.
Queens
Place one crown in every row, column and colour region.
Rules & strategy →Tango
Fill the grid with suns and moons — balanced, never three in a row.
Rules & strategy →Zip
Draw one path through the numbers in order, filling every square.
Rules & strategy →Pinpoint
Guess the category from as few clues as possible.
Rules & strategy →Crossclimb
Solve the clues, then order them into a word ladder.
Rules & strategy →Mini Sudoku
Classic sudoku logic on a fast six-by-six grid.
Rules & strategy →Everything about the LinkedIn games →