NYT Connections hints and answer for February 22, 2025
Well, hello everyone! It's Saturday, February 22, 2025, and it is time once again to play some Connections. Let's dive right in and see what today’s puzzle has in store for us.
The Initial Word List
Here are the words we’re working with today:
Yankee
Doodle
Glitter
Goose
Paper
Feather
Macaroni
Rod
Parachute
Packer
Canadian
Curl
Celtic
Tease
Glue
Crimp
Hints for today's connections:
- Yellow: Champions of Their Sport
- Blue: A childhood craft staple
- Green: Hairstyling Techniques
- Purple: Words That Follow "Golden"
More clues with examples:
- Yellow Group: Championship Legends – Think of teams that have won the most in their sport
- Blue Group: Craft Time Essentials – Items often found in a kid’s art project
- Green Group: Salon Styling Techniques – Ways to add volume and texture to hair
- Purple Group: Shiny, Valuable, or Loyal? – Words that often follow "Golden"
Today's Connections Answers
First Category: Championship Teams:
At first, I thought these were just team names, but after submitting, I was met with a shocking surprise—the category was "Member of a team with the most championships in their respective sports"! And it was in the yellow category!
This was unexpected, as this kind of categorization usually feels more fitting for the purple difficulty level. I was momentarily thrown off and even questioned whether this was a real puzzle!
I immediately noticed a pattern related to sports team names:
New York Yankees (Baseball)
Boston Celtics (Basketball)
Green Bay Packers (Football)
Montreal Canadiens (Hockey)
Second Category: Macaroni Art Supplies:
Next, I spotted a group related to childhood arts and crafts:
These are all classic supplies used in macaroni art, a staple craft activity from childhood. Submitting this set confirmed it as the blue category!
Macaroni
Glitter
Glue
Paper
Third Category: Hairstyling Techniques:
For the green category, I noticed that these words all relate to hairstyling techniques:
Each of these terms is used to describe ways of adding texture and volume to hair. Another successful category found!
Crimp
Curl
Feather
Tease
Final Category: "Golden" Words
This left us with four remaining words:
Goose
Parachute
Rod
Doodle
I was stumped for a while, but the answer turned out to be words that follow "Golden":
Golden Goose
Golden Parachute
Golden Rod
Golden Doodle
Final Thoughts
This puzzle had one of the strangest yellow categories I’ve ever seen, with an unusually long and specific name. Typically, a category this complex would be in the purple slot, but today, it threw me for a loop!
Despite the initial confusion, I had fun figuring out the rest of the puzzle. Let me know in the comments how you did, and as always, I’ll see you tomorrow for another round of Connections!
Happy puzzling!
.png)
.png)
.png)
