A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, February 24 (game #624).
Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #625) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- BRICK
- MORTAR
- PICKLE
- SHOEBOX
- MUCHO
- GUSTO
- MULTI
- MICROWAVE
- RELISH
- BEAUCOUP
- LIME
- ZEST
- JENNY
- PASSION
- MOLTO
- FISH TANK
NYT Connections today (game #625) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Upbeat
- GREEN: A lot of ways to say a lot
- BLUE: Oblong
- PURPLE: Sounds like cash
Need more clues?
We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #625) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ENTHUSIASM
- GREEN: "MANY" IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
- BLUE: RECTANGULAR PRISMS
- PURPLE: RHYME WITH U.S. COINS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #625) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #625, are…
- YELLOW: ENTHUSIASM GUSTO, PASSION, RELISH, ZEST
- GREEN: "MANY" IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES BEAUCOUP, MOLTO, MUCHO, MULTI
- BLUE: RECTANGULAR PRISMS BRICK, FISH TANK, MICROWAVE, SHOEBOX
- PURPLE: RHYME WITH U.S. COINS JENNY, LIME, MORTAR, PICKLE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Some very sensible groups in Connections today, which was a pleasant change but which also made the puzzle strangely unsatisfying and rudimentary.
Normally BRICK, FISH TANK, MICROWAVE and SHOEBOX would be something like “Items seen in the first 23 minutes of the 1988 movie Fish Called Wanda” or something similarly impossible to solve. Instead, RECTANGULAR PRISMS was exactly what I thought it would be.
Same with ENTHUSIASM and “MANY” IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES – which should have included Magir (Many in Icelandic) or something similarly obscure, so I could at least kid myself I’m clever.
So yes, here I am complaining about Connections being too easy. And yes, I will regret this when tomorrow's game is inevitably impossible.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, 24 February, game #624)
- YELLOW: EAT VORACIOUSLY GOBBLE, GULP, SCARF, WOLF
- GREEN: BEND UNDER PRESSURE BOW, BUCKLE, CAVE, GIVE
- BLUE: CLASSIC NAUTICAL TATTOOS ANCHOR, COMPASS, MERMAID, SWALLOW
- PURPLE: BODY PARTS PLUS LETTER BUTTE, CHINA, HEARTH, SHINE
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
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