Connections Unlimited.
Play as many puzzles as you like.
Group 16 words into 4 hidden categories. A free, endless word game inspired by NYT Connections — with unlimited puzzles, hints, streaks and no daily limit.
Play Connections Unlimited in 3 steps.
Read the 16 Words
Every puzzle gives you a 4×4 grid of 16 words. Hidden inside are four categories of four words each. Scan the grid and look for obvious pairs and triples that share something in common.
Select Four & Submit
Tap any four words that you think form a group, then hit Submit. If you are right, the group locks in with its difficulty colour band. If you are wrong, you lose one of four lives.
Beat the Puzzle
Find all four categories before running out of lives. Stuck? Use up to three hints to reveal a category without losing a life, then share your emoji result grid with friends.
The Connections Unlimited strategy guide.
Connections Unlimited is deceptively simple — sixteen words, four groups, four lives. But the difference between a streak and a stumble is often a single decision. The best players don't just look for obvious pairs; they scan for traps. Words that seem to belong together might actually be decoys for a more devious category. A classic example: seeing BAT, BALL, GLOVE, and FIELD and immediately assuming "baseball." Sometimes that's right, but often one of those words belongs to a wordplay category like "things that follow 'snow'" — and you've just burned a life.
The most reliable strategy is to delay your first submission. Spend a full minute scanning all sixteen words and mentally tagging every possible connection. Look for suffix patterns (words that can be followed by "cake"), hidden words (planets or body parts tucked inside longer words), and homophones (words that sound like letters). The purple category is almost always wordplay — if you can spot it early, you save the rest of the grid.
Use hints strategically. A hint reveals a whole category, which is powerful, but you only get three. The best time to use one is when you're stuck between two possible groupings and a hint would immediately resolve the ambiguity. Don't burn hints on the yellow category — that's the one you should be able to solve on your own.
Look for words that can't be grouped with any other three. Those are often the purple category — the "one of these things is not like the others" group.
Everything you love about Connections.
Truly Unlimited
No daily limit, no waiting for tomorrow. Every puzzle is generated fresh from a large library of words and categories, so you can play as many games as you like.
Four Difficulty Bands
Just like the original — yellow for the easiest category, green for the next, blue for trickier wordplay and purple for the hardest, most devious group.
Three Hints Per Puzzle
Stuck on a tough grid? Reveal a category's colour and name with a hint. Hints are free — they don't cost a life — but only three are available per puzzle.
Four Lives
You get four attempts before the puzzle ends. Each wrong submission costs a life. Guess carefully: the fourth mistake ends the game.
Streaks & Stats
Every win extends your streak, and your totals for games played and games won are tracked locally in your browser. Play daily to keep your streak alive.
Wordle-Style Sharing
When you finish, copy a spoiler-free emoji grid to your clipboard and share it on social media or with friends. Colour squares show your path; words stay hidden.
Keyboard Shortcuts
On desktop, use keys 1–9 to select or deselect words, Enter to submit a group, and Backspace to clear your selection. Fast and fluid.
Mobile Optimised
Designed for thumbs first. Large tap targets, a compact 4×4 grid that fits any screen width, and no pinch-zoom required. Play on the bus, in bed, anywhere.
Private & Offline
Everything runs in your browser. No account, no ads in the game, no tracking of your guesses. Your streak and stats never leave your device.
The Free Connections Unlimited Game
Connections Unlimited is a free online word grouping game inspired by the NYT Connections puzzle. You are given sixteen words and must find four hidden categories of four. Each category has its own difficulty — yellow for the easiest associations, then green, blue and purple for the most devious wordplay.
What sets Connections Unlimited apart is that there is no daily limit. The original game releases one puzzle per day; here, every press of the New Puzzle button instantly loads a fresh grid. You can binge ten puzzles in a row, take your time on a single hard one, or use the game as a warm-up before the daily. The categories shuffle each time, so no two games feel the same.
The game keeps track of your win streak, games played and games won, all stored locally in your browser. Every puzzle gives you four lives (mistakes) and three hints, so there is a real risk/reward decision every time you submit: guess boldly and risk a life, or play it safe and burn a hint.
When you finish, you can share a Wordle-style emoji grid showing your colour bands and mistakes without spoiling the actual words. It is the same satisfying share you know from the daily game, but available any time you want.
Frequently Asked Questions.
Connections Unlimited is a free online word grouping game inspired by the popular NYT Connections puzzle. Each puzzle gives you 16 words that must be grouped into four hidden categories of four. Unlike the original daily game, Connections Unlimited lets you play as many fresh puzzles as you like with no daily limit and no signup.
You are given 16 words. Tap or click four words that you think share a hidden connection, then press Submit. If you are correct, the group locks in with a colour band. If you are wrong, you lose one of your four lives. Continue until you have grouped all 16 words into four categories, or until you run out of lives.
Connections puzzles use four colour bands to show how tricky each category is. Yellow is the easiest (usually obvious word associations), green is slightly harder, blue is trickier (often wordplay or homophones), and purple is the hardest, usually involving puns, hidden words, or a very specific shared trait.
No. Unlike the official NYT Connections game, which releases one puzzle per day, Connections Unlimited lets you play as many puzzles as you want. Press the New Puzzle button to instantly start a fresh grid. Your win streak and stats are tracked locally in your browser.
Yes. Every puzzle starts with three hints. Using a hint reveals the colour and category of one unsolved group, helping you narrow down your guesses without losing a life. Hints do not affect your win streak but they do show up in your results.
Yes. When you finish a puzzle — win or lose — you can copy a Wordle-style emoji grid to your clipboard. The grid shows your colour bands and any mistakes, so you can share your result on social media or with friends without spoiling the actual words.
Yes. The game is fully responsive and touch-friendly. Words are laid out in a four-by-four grid that fits comfortably on any phone, tablet or desktop screen. Buttons are large enough for thumbs, and there are no zoom or scroll issues.
Yes, it is 100% free with no signup, no ads in the game, no download and no hidden costs. Play as many puzzles as you like, as often as you like.