NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, February 25 (game #990)
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.
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 #990) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- NAPKIN
- COOK
- BABY
- PRINCIPAL
- DEAN
- NURSE
- KEY
- MOTHER
- BASIC
- ALKALINE
- HARDEN
- FOSTER
- DIATRIBE
- PRIMARY
- BROWN
- DECLAN
NYT Connections today (game #990) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Look after
- GREEN: Starter
- BLUE: A forename in common
- PURPLE: All include close groups
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 #990) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CARE FOR
- GREEN: ELEMENTARY
- BLUE: JAMESES
- PURPLE: ENDING IN FAMILY WORDS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #990) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #990, are…
- YELLOW: CARE FOR BABY, FOSTER, MOTHER, NURSE
- GREEN: ELEMENTARY BASIC, KEY, PRIMARY, PRINCIPAL
- BLUE: JAMESES BROWN, COOK, DEAN, HARDEN
- PURPLE: ENDING IN FAMILY WORDS ALKALINE, DECLAN, DIATRIBE, NAPKIN
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
My mistake came in thinking that DEAN, PRIMARY and PRINCIPAL belonged in the same leader-based group — for some reason I included DECLAN (I was confusing it with deacon).
That error out of the way I managed to get CARE FOR, slightly hesitating over BABY as that felt more akin to condescending someone rather than looking after them, but I took the risk.
Again, I was hesitant over the four tiles for JAMESES — HARDEN, DEAN and BROWN seemed logical, but COOK seemed too historical and I almost tapped on DECLAN because of the author called Declan James. Thankfully, I resisted the temptation.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, February 24, game #989)
- YELLOW: CALCIUM-BASED STRUCTURES BONES, CORAL, SHELLS, TEETH
- GREEN: SYMBOLS OF SCOTLAND BAGPIPES, SCOTTIE, TARTAN, THISTLE
- BLUE: FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHTS CHEKHOV, COWARD, MILLER, SHAW
- PURPLE: _____ BEAM BALANCE, JIM, LASER, TRACTOR
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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