Connections is released at midnight in your local time zone. Newsweek will be back with another round of hints and tips for each new game. In the meantime, you could try your hand at another popular New York Times game, Wordle, for which Newsweek also provides daily hints.

To help make sure your spooky streak has eternal life, here's our daily Wordle guide with some hints and the answer for Thursday's puzzle (#1,230). Don't be frightened if you're a Wordle newcomer and you're not sure how to play.