NYT Connections today – my hints and answers for June 12 (#732)

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12-06-2025

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Looking for a different day?
A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, June 11 (game #731).
Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
Today's NYT Connections words are…
BOWLING
WRESTLING
MISSING
DISHING
SPOONING
SIRING
BUZZING
SEWING
LORDING
SPILLING
HUGGING
DOCTORING
SNUGGLING
ACUPUNCTURING
WHISPERING
CUDDLING
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: Two become one
GREEN: Tittle tattling
BLUE: Think words that rhyme with weedle and sin
PURPLE: Begin with honorifics
Need more clues?
We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: GETTING COZY
GREEN: GOSSIPING
BLUE: ENGAGING IN AN ACTIVITY WITH PINS OR NEEDLES
PURPLE: STARTING WITH TITLES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
The answers to today's Connections, game #732, are…
YELLOW: GETTING COZY CUDDLING, HUGGING, SNUGGLING, SPOONING
GREEN: GOSSIPING BUZZING, DISHING, SPILLING, WHISPERING
BLUE: ENGAGING IN AN ACTIVITY WITH PINS OR NEEDLES ACUPUNCTURING, BOWLING, SEWING, WRESTLING
PURPLE: STARTING WITH TITLES DOCTORING, LORDING, MISSING, SIRING
My rating: Moderate
My score: 1 mistake
All of the _ING words in the grid made for a very baffling game today, but a couple of the groups were also designed to confuse.
GETTING COZY was elementary enough, but I struggled to put together the green group.
Correctly thinking it was about GOSSIPING, I included DOCTORING as I think of this as a phrase about making things up, which is what most gossip is (invented by PRs to benefit their client or by journalists to benefit their numbers).
On my second go at it I included BUZZING only because of the vaguely gossipy Buzzfeed website, not because I'd ever heard of the term buzzing. Every day's a school day.
Next, I knew that ACUPUNCTURING and SEWING were linked and saw the connection with BOWLING pins, but it wasn't until the game was long over that I realized why WRESTLING was part of the group, thanks to the many different types of pin moves from the Gannosuke Clutch to the Oklahoma Roll (yes, I am looking at Wikipedia).
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
YELLOW: BOAST BLUSTER, CROW, SHOW OFF, STRUT
GREEN: ARC-SHAPED THINGS BANANA, EYEBROW, FLIGHT PATH, RAINBOW
BLUE: CEREAL MASCOTS COUNT, ELVES, LEPRECHAUN, ROOSTER
PURPLE: WAYS TO DENOTE A CITATION ASTERISK, DAGGER, NUMBER, PARENS
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.