Today’s Connections hints (spoiler-layered)

Use this page when you're stuck on today's NYT Connections puzzle and want structured hints instead of a full spoiler. We reveal themes, group titles, and tiles step by step, then show the full group breakdown only when you explicitly ask for it.

Puzzle #1174 · 2026-06-08

Step through today’s Connections hints

Start with broad themes, then reveal more detail about the groups and tiles only when you need it. The final button shows today's full group breakdown.

Puzzle reference: Connections #1174 for 2026-06-08, edition main, with a standard four-group board. Spoiler categories and tiles stay collapsed until you open the hint layers below.

Hint 1 – overall theme

There are 4 groups in today’s puzzle.

Themes include: LANDFORMS BY WATER, SLANG FOR HEAD, THINGS THAT CAN BE SPIKED and 1 more.

Hint 2 – group titles

Here are the category names for each group. Try matching the tiles in the official game to these themes before you reveal any tiles.

LANDFORMS BY WATER
SLANG FOR HEAD
THINGS THAT CAN BE SPIKED
"THE ___ MAN" MOVIES

Hint 3 – group tiles

Reveal the tiles for each group. If you only want a partial nudge, stop after reading one or two groups and go back to the official puzzle.

LANDFORMS BY WATER

DELTA

ISLAND

ISTHMUS

PENINSULA

SLANG FOR HEAD

COCONUT

DOME

MELON

PATE

THINGS THAT CAN BE SPIKED

MOHAWK

PUNCH

SEA URCHIN

VOLLEYBALL

"THE ___ MAN" MOVIES

ELEPHANT

INVISIBLE

OMEGA

RUNNING

Reveal full answer

This is the full breakdown of today's Connections puzzle: group titles and all tiles, grouped together.