Today's NYT 'Connections' Hints And Answers For Saturday, July 12

Hey there, Connectors! Welcome to the weekend!

Sometimes I feel like I missed out on a few aspects of life that many people experience. I lived with my parents while attending university and only moved out when I left for Canada. I lived there by myself for over a year until moving to a new place with my partner.

So I’ve never lived in a dorm/student accommodation or had roommates. On one hand, I suspect that had to have negatively impacted my social skills. On the other, I try hard not to live with regret.

Ultimately, I’m in a pretty okay place in life overall and I’m excited about the future. I wouldn’t be where I am in life right now without the decisions I’ve made up to this point. But there’s still a part of me that would have liked to have tried the full university experience, y’know?

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Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, July 12 are coming right up.

What Are Today’s Connections Hints?

Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.

Today’s 16 words are...

• PERIOD

• UNIFORM

• CHAMPION

• MINUTE

• VICTOR

• SECOND

• ECHO

• DAY

• ELABORATE

• AGE

• BACK

• SUPPORT

• PARTICULAR

• KILO

• TIME

• THOROUGH

The level one hints for today’s Connections groups are:

🟨 Yellow group — throw your weight behind something or someone, such as a political candidate

🟩 Green group — adjectives for someone who makes sure just about every little thing is taken care of 

🟦 Blue group — how a historian might arrange their research

🟪 Purple group — Mike, Oscar and Charlie are part of this crowd, which you might find at a golf hotel

One Word For Each Connections Group

Be warned: we’re really starting to get into spoiler territory.

Let’s take a look at one word for each group.

Today’s Connections word hints are…

🟨 Yellow group — CHAMPION

🟩 Green group — PARTICULAR

🟦 Blue group — PERIOD

🟪 Purple group — ECHO

What Are Today’s Connections Groups?

Need some extra help?

Today’s Connections groups are...

🟨 Yellow group — endorse

🟩 Green group — detailed

🟦 Blue group — era

🟪 Purple group — in the NATO alphabet

What Are Today’s Connections Answers?

Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.

This is your final warning!

Today’s Connections answers are...

🟨 Yellow group — endorse (BACK, CHAMPION, SECOND, SUPPORT)

🟩 Green group — detailed (ELABORATE, MINUTE, PARTICULAR, THOROUGH)

🟦 Blue group — era (AGE, DAY, PERIOD, TIME)

🟪 Purple group — in the NATO alphabet (ECHO, KILO, UNIFORM, VICTOR)

Hmmm, a very interesting grid today, Lots of time-related words to consider. I suspected off the bat that MINUTE might refer to something small, rather than a chunk of 60 seconds. There was definitely plenty to be concerned with in terms of red herrings.

I steered clear of that stuff initially by lumping together the yellows. It took me a couple of seconds, but then I clocked that a few words formed part of the NATO alphabet. I was a little surprised that those were the purples!

I was a little off in my assessment of MINUTE, as it referred to taking care of small details. Once I realized that it belonged with the rest of the greens, I was home and dry. I submitted the surprisingly straightforward blues for win number 137 in a row. Here's my grid for today:

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That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to subscribe to my newsletter for hints and the solution for Sunday’s game if you need them.

P.S. Although I am tempted to recommend it today, I will spare you The Bloodhound Gang's highly juvenile and very catchy "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo" as today's recommendation. Instead, I'm going with a fun cover of Kate Bush's "Hounds of Love." The Futureheads took that song in a completely different direction. I rarely skip it when it pops up on shuffle. It's real, real good:

For a point of comparison, here's the original, which is also great:

Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!

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