Today's Connections Hints & Answers For May 12, 2024 (Puzzle #335)

A new set of are here and ready to be solved. There are some tough categories and today's answers could cause some players to lose their win streaks. Paying close attention and not rushing through will be the best way to win.

One of the best tips for is to utilize the Shuffle button that the game provides. Oftentimes the editor will place words next to each other in a misdirection for the players. Using the shuffle button quickly and often is a great way to stop your brain from grabbing on to these incorrect links before they root. It's a simple mechanic, but incredibly useful at saving a few wasted attempts.

The New York Times Vertex game asks you to form a picture by connecting dots, but you have to understand the image to solve this puzzle quickly.

Before we dive right into today's answers, we wanted to provide the categories being used for the day. Sometimes, this is all you'll need to see the correct answer for yourself.

PLAYFULLY POKE FUN AT

CUTS OF BEEF

ACRONYMS

COCKTAILS MINUS PLACE NAMES

PLAYFULLY POKE FUN AT

KID

NEEDLE

RIB

TEASE

Yellow was the second category we scored for the day and it wasn't too difficult to spot. TEASE and KID were the obvious first ones and the others fell into place eventually. RIB did have us waste an attempt when we tried to fit it into green's Beef category. We also danced around the idea of making MULE and RAM work somehow but that didn't have a lot of steam.

CUTS OF BEEF

CHUCK

LOIN

FLANK

ROUND

Our first category score for the day. After we failed at fitting in RIB it was obvious what the correct four were. CHUCK and ROUND were the first two words we saw and LOIN followed as third. We made our error there but came back after to score with FLANK.

Four categories with four words each sounds simple, but the daily challenge of the Connections game can prove difficult without a few tips to help.

ACRONYMS

MIA

OMG

PIN

RAM

The blue category was our third score for the day and it was more difficult than it should