Looking for a hint for today’s Connections puzzle? Below, we have clues to help you unlock whichever category has you stumped for the puzzle on April 12, 2025.

Connections first launched on the New York Times in June 2023. The premise is deceptively simple: Players have to find the thematic connection of four groups of four words … without making more than four mistakes.

Today’s Connections has categories about minor slip-ups, sporty lineups and more.

Below are the hints, categories and answers for today’s Connections game, puzzle #671, on April 12.

A hint for each Connections category today, April 12

Yellow group hint: Think, “In the blink of an eye”

Green group hint: Also, fail

Blue group hint: Relates to a professional sport

Purple group hint: Partial names of nations on the same continent

A word in each Connections category today, April 12

Yellow group word: Flash

Green group word: Fall

Blue group word: Sun

Purple group word: Bots

Connections categories today, April 12

Yellow group category: Short period of time

Green group category: Do wrong

Blue group category: NBA player

Purple group category: Starts of African countries

Here are the answers to Connections today, April 12

What are the yellow words in today’s Connections? 

Short period of time: Bit, flash, jiff, sec

What are the green words in today’s Connections? 

Do wrong: Err, fall, sin, stray

What are the blue words in today’s Connections? 

NBA player: Buck, Net, Spur, Sun

What are the purple words in today’s Connections? 

Starts of African countries: Bots, Came, Ken, Tan

Deanna Janes