NEW YORK — The New York Times released Connections puzzle No. 1213 on Tuesday, and the grid is packed with misdirection, from mountain ranges that are not mountain ranges to place names that turn out to be hotel chains and furniture.

For players who want to keep their streaks alive without seeing the full solution, hints are provided below, moving from general to specific. The complete answers appear near the end of this article.

How Connections works

Connections presents players with a grid of 16 words. The goal is to sort them into four groups of four words that share a common theme.

Each group is assigned a color that reflects its difficulty. Yellow is considered the easiest, followed by green, blue and purple, which is usually the trickiest and often relies on wordplay.

Players can make up to four mistakes before the game ends. A new puzzle is released every day at midnight local time.

Here are the words in Tuesday's grid:

ADIRONDACK, KNICKKNACK, CATSKILL, HOLIDAY, COMFORT, BERKSHIRE, STABILITY, HAMPTON, WINDSOR, MERRILL, WINGBACK, DAYS, CITI, PIANOFORTE, EAMES and GOLDMAN.

Today's Connections hints

Players who want only a light nudge can use these general clues for each group.

Yellow: Think about names you might see in the business pages or on Wall Street.

Green: Picture browsing a furniture showroom, or relaxing on a porch or beach.

Blue: Consider places where travelers might spend the night.

Purple: Look closely at the endings of the words. Each one hides something a person might be good at.

Watch out for red herrings

Today's puzzle........

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