Connections Hints
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — February 22, 2024
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Show the word gridAll 16 words — you figure out the groups
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One word per groupTheme name + one word per category
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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
ARM
BARK
BRANCH
CHAPTER
CLUE
CRADLE
FONT
FROWN
GROWL
HOWL
MELLOW
PREEN
ROOT
SOURCE
WHINE
WING
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
DOG SOUNDSStraightforward
DEPARTMENTModerate
ORIGINTricky
COLORS WITH THEIR FIRST LETTERS CHANGEDDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
DOG SOUNDSStraightforward
NOISES A CANINE MIGHT MAKE+ 3 more…
DEPARTMENTModerate
WORDS FOR A SUBDIVISION OR SECTION OF AN ORGANIZATION+ 3 more…
ORIGINTricky
WORDS MEANING THE STARTING POINT OR BEGINNING+ 3 more…
COLORS WITH THEIR FIRST LETTERS CHANGEDDevious
EACH IS A COLOR WITH ITS FIRST LETTER SWAPPED FOR ANOTHER+ 3 more…
Full solution
DOG SOUNDSStraightforward
BARK,GROWL,HOWL,WHINE
BARK, GROWL, HOWL, and WHINE are all sounds made by dogs.
DEPARTMENTModerate
ARM,BRANCH,CHAPTER,WING
ARM, BRANCH, CHAPTER, and WING all mean a division or department of a larger organization.
ORIGINTricky
CRADLE,FONT,ROOT,SOURCE
CRADLE, FONT, ROOT, and SOURCE all refer to the origin or starting point of something.
COLORS WITH THEIR FIRST LETTERS CHANGEDDevious
CLUE,FROWN,MELLOW,PREEN
CLUE = BLUE (C→B), FROWN = BROWN (F→B), MELLOW = YELLOW (M→Y), PREEN = GREEN (P→G) — each word becomes a color when the first letter is changed.