A hint for/to the hint

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi,

Do we say “Here’s a hint for/to the hint.”? (I mean to say I’m going to give another hint since the previous hint didn’t work out well.)

Thanks.

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If the new hint relates directly to being able to find the first hint, rather than the answer to the original question, then you could use ‘to’:
Here’s a hint to the hint.

However, if this is a second hint which will help answer the original question, then ‘here’s another hint’ should be used instead. This is far more commonplace.

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You made the distinction very clear to me. Thanks Beeesnees.