Today's Connections No. 624 Hints and Answer for February 24, 2025
Well, hello everyone! It's Monday, February 24, 2025. It’s time once again to dive into another round of Connections. Let’s see what we have in store today!
Today's Words
- Mermaid
- Cave
- Hearth
- Buckle
- Bow
- Scarf
- Butte
- Gulp
- Wolf
- Compass
- China
- Shine
- Swallow
- Give
- Anchor
- Gobble
Hints for today's connections:
- Yellow: Eat Voraciously
- Blue: Classic Nautical Tattoos
- Green: To Submit
- Purple: Body Parts Plus a Letter
More clues with examples:
- Yellow Group: If you're really hungry, you might do this to your meal.
- Blue Group: If you’ve ever seen a sailor’s ink, you might recognize these traditional designs.
- Green Group: These words all relate to yielding, surrendering, or giving way under pressure.
- Purple Group: These words begin with something you’d find in an anatomy book.
Today's Connections Answers
Initial Observations
Right away, I noticed some potential wordplay. A pattern emerged where certain words seemed to start with body parts:
Hearth starts with "ear"
Shine starts with "shin"
China starts with "chin"
Butte… well, starts with "butt"
Could this really be a category? It seemed a little too silly, but it turned out to be the purple category: "Body parts plus a letter." Strange, but effective!
Finding the Next Category
Next, I spotted some words that had to do with eating quickly:
Gulp
Gobble
Scarf
Wolf
But I wasn't quite right on my first attempt. It turns out Scarf was the correct word instead of swallow. The yellow category was: "Eat Voraciously."
The Tricky Categories
With two categories down, things got tougher. I started considering a nautical theme, noticing Mermaid and Anchor. I had a wild thought—could these be common tattoo designs? I hesitated, but later realized I was onto something!
The final categories were:
Green: "To Submit" (Buckle, Bow, Cave, Give)
Blue: "Classic Nautical Tattoos" (Mermaid, Anchor, Compass, Swallow)
The Big Revelation
I had initially identified the tattoos category but backed away from it, overcomplicating things with ideas about cartoons and children’s stories. In the end, it was classic nautical tattoos all along!
And yes, I must ask—if you have a swallow tattoo, I’d love to hear the story behind it. Did you lose a bet? Or does it have a deeper meaning?
Final Thoughts
That was a fun challenge, filled with some twists and turns. If you enjoyed playing along, it makes me feel happy and loved! I’ll see you tomorrow for another round of Connections!
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