It sounds easy, but it isn’tConnections categories can be almost anything, and they’re usually quite specific.

If you need a hand getting the answers, we’ve got you covered.

What Is Connections?

The April 12th connections board with no words guessed.

Connections is a game from the New York Times.

The objective is simple: sort 16 words into groups of 4.

Each group of words will be connected by some common idea or theme.

April 12th Connections game with all of the categories guessed.

That common element could be anything.

Sometimes they’re references to economics, other times they reference fairy tales.

There is no telling what sort of association there will be between words.

Once you’re confident you understand the connection, select 4 words, then hit “Submit.”

You have only four attempts in total, so don’t be too guess-happy.

April 12th seemed pretty easy compared to yesterday.

Clean, neat, tidy, and trim belonged to the Yellow category, which was “Orderly.”

Hyper, super, uber, and ultra also stick together quite nicely.

Green was “Augmentative Prefixes.”

That just leaves balloon, mushroom, snowball, swell.

How Do You Guess Connections Categories?

However, there are a few things to keep in mind that can help.

If you didn’t solve this one, don’t feel too badthere’s always tomorrow!