Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

Wordle #1299, which appears in today, January 8‘s edition of the New York Times, can now be solved. Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle invented the NYT word game, which offers players six chances to guess a five-letter word correctly.

Every game of daily word puzzle Connections comes with a difficulty rating out of five. The game is published by The New York Times, which also posts the difficulty each day. Some are more challenging than others,