Hint guides for the New York Times Connections puzzle No. 1213, dated Oct. 6, 2026, showed up on several outlets Tuesday morning. Mashable, CNET, and Forbes each shared guides and answers for the daily word-grouping game. The NYT Sports Edition puzzle No. 743 also ran the same day.

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