Here are the answers for the New York Times (NYT) Connections puzzle #312 today, released on April 18th, 2024, and some hints to help you solve them.
New York Times have a variety of puzzle games available for their readers and there are new puzzles to play on a daily basis. One of these games is called Connections.
The rules of the game are simple for Connections. There are sixteen words for players to sort into four groups of four words that share something in common.
Once you think you have figured out a group, simply click on the four words and click on submit to see if you got it right. You are allowed to get 4 mistakes to solve the puzzle.
Each group is assigned a colour, which shows how easy it should be to group it from yellow, being straightforward, to purple, tricky.

If you’re struggling with today’s NYT Connections answers, we’ve included some hints to help you out. If that’s not enough, we have the answers too.
There are sixteen words for the Connection puzzles, which are:
- MEAN
- GIRLS
- IN
- OZ
- CURB
- PLAN
- PARACHUTE
- GUTTER
- GAL
- RULE
- GRATE
- FLEECE
- AIM
- CAL
- INTEND
- MANHOLE

Connections 312 Group Hints Today (April 18th, 2024)
We know some of you would prefer to have hints for the solution today instead of seeing the answer, so we’ve provided some below to help you out.
- Hint 1: One group for today is “SIDEWALK SIGHTS“.
- Hint 2: OZ and IN are in the same group.
- Hint 3: GIRLS and RULE are in the same group.
- Hint 4: One group of words is “HAVE IN MIND“.
What are the Connections 312 Answers Today? (4/18/24)
Here are the answers to NYT Connections puzzle 312 released on 18th April 2024:
- SIDEWALK SIGHTS – CURB, GRATE, GUTTER, MANHOLE

- HAVE IN MIND – AIM, INTEND, MEAN, PLAN

- UNIT ABBREVIATIONS – CAL, GAL, IN, OZ

- GOLDEN ___ – FLEECE, GIRLS, PARACHUTE, RULE

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