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Hey, everyone! I hope you’re having a fantastic weekend. If you’re tuning into tonight’s NBA All-Star Game (or even if you’re not), be sure to check out some music from the singer of the Canadian national anthem at the game, Charlotte Cardin. I went to her show last week and had a fantastic time. She’s great.
Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers are coming right up.
How To Play Connections
In Connections, you’re presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like horror movie franchises, a type of verb or rappers.
There’s only one solution for each puzzle, and you’ll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them.
Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is typically the hardest one to deduce. The purple group often involves wordplay, so bear that in mind.
Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you’re incorrect, you’ll lose a life. If you’re close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you’re one word away from getting it right, but you’ll still need to figure out which one to swap.
If you make four mistakes, it’s game over. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen with the help of some hints, and, if you’re really struggling, today’s Connections answers.
Connections Hints For February 18
Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.
Today’s 16 words are:
- STALK
- STOCK
- HUNT
- SNACK
- BEANS
- POD
- PECK
- TYPE
- NIBBLE
- TRACK
- BROAD
- PASTA
- FORE
- GRAZE
- VEGETABLES
- TRAIL
And the clues for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — have a small quantity of food
- Green group — follow
- Blue group — elements of a soup
- Purple group — linked by how a wizard or witch puts a spell on something or someone
Connections Groups For February 18
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — eat a little
- Green group — pursue
- Blue group — ingredients in minestrone
- Purple group — ____cast
What Are Today’s Connections Answers?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.
This is your final warning!
Today’s Connections answers are…
- Yellow group — eat a little (GRAZE, NIBBLE, PECK, SNACK)
- Green group — pursue (HUNT, STALK, TRACK, TRAIL)
- Blue group — ingredients in minestrone (BEANS, PASTA, STOCK, VEGETABLES)
- Purple group — ____cast (BROAD, FORE, POD, TYPE)
I’m back to winning ways and I did so with a perfect game.
I was a little stumped when I first gazed at the grid since nothing was gelling. Just to try something, I grouped together the four foods/ingredients and got the blues. A slightly fortuitous start. The grid then bunched several of the green words together, so those clicked for me.
I wasn’t totally sure about GRAZE and PECK fitting with the other yellows, but I figured I’d give that a stab and, hey, it worked out! That meant I just needed to submit the purple group for the W.
That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for hints and the solution for Monday’s game if you need them.
P.S. Here’s one of my favorite Charlotte Cardin songs, just because
