Hint guides for the New York Times Connections puzzle No. 1213, dated Oct. 6, 2026, spread across several outlets Tuesday morning. Mashable, CNET, and Forbes each published hints and solutions for the daily word-grouping game. The NYT Sports Edition puzzle No. 743 also appeared Tuesday.

Guides for both the Oct. 5 and Oct. 6 versions were up and running by early Tuesday. Mashable put up its Oct. 6 hints at 4:58 a.m. GMT. The daily format has players sort 16 words into four color-coded groups based on a linking category.